Department of Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine

Started in January, 1993

Recruitment Rules for Faculty
Prof. Dasari Harish MD Professor  
Dr. KH Chavali MD, DNB, MNAMS Associate Professor
Dr. Ajay Kumar MD Assistant Professor
Dr. Amandeep Singh MD Assistant Professor
04 Demonstrators, 05 EMO

Department of Forensic Medicine situated at level V of the College Building deals with medical aspects of law as well as legal aspects of medical practice. Mortuary, housed in the L-block of the hospital, comprises of adequate space with modern facilities for conducting postmortems.

SERVICES

The Department conducted 288 medico legal autopsies during year 2003

'Embalming' of dead bodies as and when required, is being conducted in mortuary

The department also provides expert consultation to the Emergency Wing of GMCH and GH Sector 16 in complicated medicolegal cases referred to it by Director Health Services Chandigarh Administration  

Expert opinion is being extended to various investigating agencies of UT, Chandigarh, Punjab & Haryana 

The faculty of the department has  been delivering the lectures to the trainees as well as officers of investigating agencies deputed from other states at the Central Detectives Training School Sector 36, Chandigarh.         

TEACHING

The department has been rendering services in the form of teaching to 50 MBBS students of 4th semester & 50 students of 3rd semester every year. Post Graduation Programme has been started since 2003 with annual intake of one PG student, after approval by the Medical Council of India.

The department has also been extending medicolegal training to the interns during their compulsory Rotatory internship.  

CLINICAL MATERIAL

Detail of clinical material in the department

2008

 Medico legal Autopsies Unit -I Dr. BR Sharma
Professor & Head		 Monday & Thursday

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Unit -II Dr. Dasari Harish Professor Tuesday & Friday

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Unit -III Dr. KH Chavali
Assistant Professor		 Monday & Thursday

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  MLC 6358 cases done by EMOs, Demonstrators and PG in consultaion with the unit heads.


RESEARCH 

 A study for the thesis to MD Forensic Medicine title " A profile of poisioning cases coming to GMCH, Chandigarh" in collaboration with Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Sector 36, Chandigarh is being coducted.      

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN LAST ONE YEAR - INTERNATIONAL

  1. Sharma BR, Sharma A, Sharma S, Singh H. Fatal road traffic injuries in Northern India: Can they be prevented? Trends in Medical Research 2008; 2 (3): 142 – 148.       

  2. Sharma BR. Infection in patients with severe burns: causes and prevention thereof. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 2008; 21 (3): 745 – 759.

  3. Sharma BR, Gupta N, Relhan N. Misuse of prenatal diagnostic technology in sex-selected abortions and its consequences in India. Public Health 2008; 121 (11): 854 – 860.

  4. Sharma BR, Harish D, Sharma AK, Sharma S, Singh H. Injuries to the neck structures in deaths due to constriction of neck, with special reference to hanging. J Forensic and Legal Medicine 2008; 15 (5): 298 – 305.

  5. Sharma BR. Forensic considerations of disaster management following explosion. American J Disaster Medicine 2008; 3 (2): 113 – 119.

  6. Sharma BR, Harish D, Sharma AK, Sharma S, Singh H. Injuries to the neck structures in deaths due to constriction of neck, with special reference to hanging. J Forensic and Legal Medicine 2008; 15 (5): 298 – 305.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN LAST ONE YEAR - NATIONAL

  1. Sharma BR. Date Rape among youth: an emerging problem, Social Welfare 2008; 54 (10): 33 – 35.

  2. Harish D, Sharma BR, Chavali KH. Substance abuse & its medicolegal considerations: an overview. Medicolegal Update 2008; 2 (1): 12-18.

  3. Sharma BR. Cause-of-Death Data in public health planning – an overview J Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine 2008; 30 (2): 101-103.

  4. Singh J, Sharma BR. Forensic Entomology: A Supplement to Forensic death investigation. J Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 2008;8 (1):26-33.

  5. Singh AD, Sharma BR. Hydrogen sulphide poisoning: a case report of quadruple fatalities. J Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 2008;8(1):38-40.

  6. Harish D, Sharma BR, Chavali KH. Substance abuse & its medicolegal considerations: an overview. Medicolegal Update 2008; 2 (1): 12 -18.

  7. Harish D, Sharma BR, Chavali KH. Substance abuse & its medicolegal considerations: an overview. Medicolegal Update 2008; 2 (1): 12 -18.

CME PROGRAMMES, CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • TOXOCON-5, the Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Toxicology will be held on 7th - 8th November, 2009.

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Dr. B.R. Sharma Prof. Forensic Medicine was conferred the award of Excellence for Forensic MEdicine. Forensic Science and Toxicology.
    Guidelines for issue of PMR's/MLR's

Guidelines for issue of PMRs/MLRs