Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology was established in the year 1987, to cater to the medico-legal work of South-West district of Delhi. In those days, about 900 post-mortem examinations were conducted annually.
In the initial stages, the department was run by the CMOs and in phases Specialists joined the department. Currently, the department is run by Senior Specialists/ Consultants, a Director Professor, Professors and Associate Professors.
In the year 2001, the department established its teaching wing in Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and now regularly run an undergraduate teaching programme for about 150 medical students.
In the year 2002-2003, the autopsy centre was modernized and facilities like ventilated down draft autopsy tables, cantilevered body storage system with extra capacity, electric oscillating saw with vacuum dust extractor and autopsy light system were added.
The department of Forensic Medicine is engaged in teaching, research, training, medico-legal post-mortems, Clinical Forensic Medicine Services & court related work. Department is getting referred cases from court.
In the Year 2023, the number of post-mortem examinations conducted were approximately 3204.
Location of Department in the Institution:
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Location: College Building, 2 nd Floor, Safdarjung Hospital.
Its Sub-Unit- Mortuary is located near Police Post, Safdarjung Hospital
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Medico-legal post-mortem-
The department is responsible for conducting post-mortem examinations of all medico-legal cases who expire within the police jurisdiction of South-West district of Delhi. In addition to this post- mortem are also conducted on all the admitted Medico-legal cases from other districts of Delhi and Medico-legal cases coming from outside Delhi.
Mortuary-
- Round the clock post-mortem services.
- As per the MOH&FW, GOI Order dated 15.11.2021, reg. conduct of post mortem in hospitals after sunset, the post mortems are being conducted round the clock. Earlier the post mortems were conducted from 9am to 4pm only on week days and from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
- Cold storage: capacity to store 50 bodies with separate unit for Covid positive dead bodies.
Information regarding disposal of Covid positive dead bodies-
- The Covid positive dead bodies are managed as per the guidelines prescribed by the GOI & DDMA.
- The Covid positive dead bodies are not handed over to the relatives directly
- The Covid positive dead bodies are transferred to the cremation/burial grounds through ambulance provided by the hospital FREE OF CHARGE.
Collection of Post-mortem Reports by Investigating Officers-
Location: Room No: 228, Medico-legal Records Room, Department of Forensic Medicine, Second Floor, College Building.
Timing: 10am-4 pm
Post-mortem reports are dispatched after 48 hours of conduction of post-mortem examination.
Museum Specimens-
Displaying the activity done in the Forensic department in the form of- Models depicting unnatural deaths, rape cases, gunshot injuries, effect of burn injuries, different types of poisons acting on the body according to the systems acting on it. Irritants, corrosives and systemic poisons (CNS (stimulant/ depressant) spinal poisons, cardiac poisons, asphyxiants and peripheral poisons), also models, photographs and charts of all the phenomenal relating to death and after death (post mortem changes) and mounted wets specimens (brain, liver, spleen, kidney, stomach, uterus, lungs also justational age of foetus of different months). Medico-legally significant for the post mortem evaluation and formulating the cause of death in the form of wet specimens.
Student Laboratory-
60 students can get practical training in this laboratory, per sitting.
Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit-
Started Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit (CFMU) in June 2022 in the Emergency Medicine department, Safdarjung Hospital
- Deals with age estimation cases, sexual assault forensic examination of accused and consultation in medico-legal cases in SJH only as per order of Court and on request of law enforcement agencies.
- Poison Management Unit: to assist in diagnosis and management of poisoning cases coming to Safdarjung Hospital.
Court Attendance-
Appearance in the court of law as an expert witness in cases of medico-legal nature for the summons received from the courts in Delhi and other states.
Training-
The department provides guest faculty for various training programs organized by CBI Academy, Ghaziabad, LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, NIPCCD, Delhi, Delhi Judicial Academy, and BSF camp Chavala.
| Sr. No. | Name of Faculty | Designation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. S. K. Tandon | Head, Consultant & Professor | |
| 2 | Dr. Gaurav. V. Jain | Director Professor | |
| 3 | Dr. Manish Kumath | Director Professor | |
| 4 | Dr. Yogesh Tyagi | Professor | |
| 5 | Dr. Monisha Pradhan | Professor | |
| 6 | Dr. Mohit Gupta | Professor | |
| 7 | Dr. Sanjay Kumar | Professor | |
| 8 | Dr. Manav Sharma | Assistant Professor |
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2022
- Vedant Kulshrestha, G.A. Sunil Kumar Sharma, Sarvesh Tandon, Alok Kumar. Dextromethorphan Toxicity in Pediatric Age Group: A Case Series. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 39 No. 2, July-December 2022; pages 110-113.
- Sanjay Kumar, Dibya Sharma, Surya Kiran, Mohit Gupta, Sarvesh Tandon. Caffey’s Syndrome and Child Neglect: A Case Report. Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Vol 39 No. 2, July to December 2022; pages 126-129.
- Shivam Dwivedi, Monika Chauhan, Manish Kumath, Mohit Gupta. pilocarpine eye drop: as an indicator of post mortem interval. International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine Vol. 25 Nos. 1-2, Jan - June 2022:165-168
- Shivam Dwivedi, Monika Chauhan, Manish Kumath, Mohit Gupta. A Comparative Study of Post Mortem Pupillary Reactivity using Pilocarpine Eye Drop Solution. J Punjab Acad Forensic Med Toxicol 2022;22(2)
- Shivam Dwivedi, Monika Chauhan, Manish Kumath, Mohit Gupta. Determining pupillary reaction time using pilocarpine eye drop – A post mortem study. Journal of Indian Acad Forensic Med. 2022 Jan; 44(Suppl): S2-S5
- Sanjay Kumar, Shivam Dwivedi, Surya Kiran Panga, Dibya Sharma, Manish Kumath, Mohit Gupta, Abhishek Yadav. Spontaneous Fatal Cardiac Tamponade- A Case Series at VMMC & SJH, New Delhi. International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine Vol. 25 Nos. 1-2, Jan - June 2022; pages 184-191.
- Dr Monisha Pradhan, Dr Aman Deep Kaur, Dr Sreenivas M. Role of Autopsy in Allegations of Medical Negligence with Analysis of the Current Trends. Accepted in the Indian Internet Journal Forensic Medicine & Toxicology accepted on 06.12.2022
2023
- Image-Based RGB Scoring of Corneal Opacity for Estimation of Postmortem Interval- January 2023. International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine 26(3and4):182-186, DOI:10.5958/0974-4614.2023.00069.4, Authors: Malavika Shibu, Shivam Dwivedi, Surya Kiran Panga, Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Manish Kumath, Rajesh Sandra, M K Wahi
- Accidental Cut Throat Injury by an Unusual Weapon: A Rare Case Report- January 2023 International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine 26(3and4):245-247, DOI:10.5958/0974-4614.2023.00078.5, Authors: Mohammed Akbar, Divya Sharma, Surya Kiran Panga, Manish Kumath
- Dr. Divya Sharma, Dr. Surya K Panga, Dr. Rohit DVRS, Dr. Monisha Pradhan, Dr G A Sunil Kumar Sharma. Complete decapitation by a metro train: Suicidal motive. International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine 2023; 26 (1and2):65-6.
- Dr. Amandeep Kaur, Dr. Monisha Pradhan. Criminal Procedure Identification Act. PAFMAT. Accepted on 3rd November 2023.
- Drashti Bhuptani, Manish Kumath, Manav Sharma. Oral Autopsy in Forensic Odontology as an Effort for Human Identification in Medico-legal Investigations. Ind J Forensic Odontol 2023;16(2):65–69.
2024
- Dr. Aman Deep Kaur, Dr Monisha Pradhan, Dr Rohit DVRS. Role of Forensic Histopathology in Diagnosing Medication Poisoning at Autopsy: A Case Series. JFMT
- Dr. Deep Roy, Dr. Sunita Das, Dr. Monisha Pradhan, Dr. Yogesh Tyagi, Dr. S.K. Tandon. Ingesting the future: Navigating the perils of Nano-liquid urea- A unique suicide attempt case study, 2024: 27(1), International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Legal Medicine accepted in April 2024.
- Anand A, Kumar M, Tandon S. Organophosphorus Poisoning causing haemorrhagic pancreatitis - A Case Series.Medico-Legal Journal. 2024. Journal: Medico-legal Journal (Sage Publications, UK), Submitted on: 27th April 2024, Accepted: 1st May 2024.
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