Abstract
A study was conducted in a rural hospital to assess profile, types, and the frequency with an incident rate of different types of medico-legal cases (MLC). Medicolegal case concentrates on description of history, injuries in the case record, police intimation and wound certificate. The most important person in a hospital step up is the casualty medical officer examining the patient on whose judgement a case may or may not be registered under medicolegal category. The findings of the study revealed that out of 238 cases registered under medicolegal, assault (n=112) constituted to be the majority followed by RTA (n=80) and in (n=22) cases the medical practitioner did not describe the history of the incident. Male preponderance were in the public assault, whereas female preponderance was in domestic. Therefore, it is more important for doctors not only to treat the patient, but at the same time to know the medicolegal obligations.
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