Department of Forensic Medicine

Forensic Medicine is a branch of Medical Science which enables doctors to perform post mortem examination of sudden, unexpected, unnatural deaths or when person died in suspicious circumstances regarding cause and time passed since death; examination & interpretation of various medicolegal cases, including age, injuries, rape & alcoholic intoxication, etc. To practice medicine safe and graceful by imparting knowledge of Medical Ethics, etiquette and laws related to practice of medicine To diagnose, treat and deal with the medicolegal implications of common poisons – manage diagnosis, treatment & medic Legal implications of common poisons So that at the end of the course, a medical student shall be able to: Identify, examine and prepare reports & certificates in medicolegal cases/situations. with emphasis on maintenance of medicolegal registers, issuance of certificates of wound, drunkenness, death, sickness, fitness, age and sex-related offences. Perform a medicolegal postmortem examination and interpret autopsy findings and results of other relevant investigations to logically conclude the cause, manner & time since death. Perform a medicolegal postmortem examination and interpret autopsy findings and results of other relevant investigations to logically conclude the cause, manner & time since death. Preserve & dispatch specimens in medicolegal/postmortem cases and other concerned materials to appropriate govt. agencies for necessary examination. Be conversant with medical ethics, etiquette, duties, rights, medical negligence and legal responsibility of the physicians towards patients, the profession, society, the state & humanity at large. Be aware of relevant legal/court procedures applicable to medicolegal/medical practice. Manage medicolegal implications, diagnosis and principles of therapy of common poisons. Be aware of general principles of environmental, occupational and preventive aspects of toxicology.

MORTUARY BLOCK:

• Adjacent to department
• Student observation facilities - gallery type, 25 students
• Autopsy tables available – 2 tile-mounted, well-lighted and ventilated; water supply, drainage, washing arrangements & disposal of waste available
• Mortuary cooler – for 6 bodies
• Radiology facilities for taking skiagrams and portable X-ray machine are available
• Biochemical, serological, histopathological, microbiological facilities are taken from respective departments

MUSEUM:

Having more than 10 poisons weapons, bones, etc. for sex determination, age estimation etc.

P.G. RESEARCH LABORATORY:

Well-equipped PG research labs are in the department.

TEACHING PROGRAMME:

Curriculum of studies – as prescribed by MCI

Methodology:

• Didactic lecturers – 70,
• Demonstrations - 30
• Practical - 20
• Students have been taken for postgraduation

Research Topics

Analytical post-mortem study of Head injury in road traffic accidents in the city of Lucknow Estimation of stature from foot length & footprint in adult population around Barabanki region. Estimation of stature from the head and parts of the upper limb. Age estimation on sonographic evaluation of the apophyseal ossification of the iliac crest in comparison with radiography in the population of Barabanki (U.P.).

FACULTY