Pre-Clinical Departments

Introduction

Department of Forensic Medicine was incorporated in Government Medical College, Akola in 2002 with the aim of providing quality education to medical students during their 2nd MBBS course.

Various sections of the Department:
Mortuary:- Equipped with two cold rooms, two six body cold cabinets and two single body cabinets for preservation of death bodies. Conduction of post-mortem examination to know cause of death.
Museum:- Equipped with Various specimen of human organs, foetus, toxic plants and animals, Organic / inorganic poisons with description.
Photographic section :- Equipped with various photographs of injuries, sexual assault and post-mortem changes.
Weapon section : Equipped with various weapons.
Departmental Library:- Equipped with various books and journals of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.

Mission

As a teaching institute we are committed to train undergraduate/ Post graduate student , Medical officer and resident doctors to handle Medico-legal cases.

• i) To identify the basic Medico-legal aspects of hospital and general practice.
• ii) To define the Medico-Legal responsibilities of a general physician while rendering community service either in a rural primary health centre or an urban health centre.
• iii) To appreciate the physician's responsibilities in criminal matters and respect for the codes of Medical ethics.
• Iv) To diagnose, Manage and identify legal aspect of common acute and chronic poisoning.
• v) To describe the Medico-legal aspects and findings of post-mortem examination in cases of death due to common unnatural conditions and poisonings.
• vi) To detect occupational and environmental poisonings, prevention and epidemiology of common poisonings and their legal aspects particularly pertaining to Workmen's Compensation Act.
• vii) To describe the general Principles of analytical Toxicology.

Vision

The broad vision of the department is the teaching and training of students in basic medico-legal work.

1. I) To make observations and logical inferences in order to initiate enquiries in criminal matters and Medico-legal problems.
   • a. To be able to carry on proper Medico-legal examination and documentation / Reporting of injury and Age.
   • b. To be able to conduct examination for sexual offences and intoxication.
   • c. To be able to preserve relevant ancillary materials for medico-legal examination.
   • d. To be able to identify important post-mortem findings in common unnatural deaths.
2. ii) To Diagnose and treat common emergencies in poisoning and chronic toxicity.
3. iii) To make observations and interpret findings and post-mortem examination.
4. iv) To observe the principles of medical ethics in the practice of his profession.
5. v) To carry out PM examination 24x7 hrs.
6. vi) To achieve standard of work as a regional centre.

Functions & objectives.

• i) To form opinion regarding medico-legal cases (Ante-mortem and post-mortem cases)
• ii) Teaching of undergraduate and PG Student.
• iii) To conduct workshop for police personnel.
• iv) To develop best research environment and excellent students by providing evidence based teaching facilities.

Organisation / Faculty ( Teaching )

Sr.No.	Name	Educational Qualification	Post / Designation	Registration Number	Renewal Date	Recent Photo
1	Dr. SACHIN GADGE		Associate Professor
2	Dr. Chaitanya Kulkarni		Assistant Professor

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Organisation / Faculty ( Non-Teaching )

Sr.No.	Post / Designation	Name
1	R.N. Chavhan	Store Keeper
2	Madan Dhonge	Technician
3	Vijay Dhawas	Assistant Technician

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Research Papers published by department of FMT

Sr.No.	Title of Article	Month and year of publication	Journal	National or International	Authors
1	Patterns of injuries in fatal vehicular accidents in and around Akola City.	2014	Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science and Law.	National	Kulkarni CS, Hussaini SN, Mukharji AA, Batra AK.
2	A rare case of fatal suicidal cut throat injury- A case report.	2016	Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science and Law	National	Kulkarni CS, Agashe SS, Mohite SC.
3	Medicolegal study of determination of time since death from potassium level in vitreous humour.	2016	International Journal of Advances in Medicine	International	Chaitanya S. Kulkarni, Chavan GS, Jadhao AN
4	Introduction of project as a learning tool in Forensic Medicine.	2015	International Journal of Recent Trends in Science And Technology.	International	Gadge SJ, Rawekar A.
5	Epidemiological study of fatal Burn cases in SVN Government Medical College.	2014	Journal of Academia and Industrial Research.	International	Gadge SJ, Meshram RD, Shrigiriwar MB, Kuchewar SV.
6	Lightening: A 15 year study of fatal cases at S. V. N. G. M. C. Yavatmal.	2013	Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science and Law	National	Gadge SJ, Shrigiriwar MB.
7	Medico-legal study of Homicide in and around GMC Aurangabad.	2011	Medico-legal update	International	Gadge SJ, Zine KU, Batra AK, Kuchewar SV, Meshram RD, Dhawane SG
8	Medico-legal study of cases of death due to Electrocution in and around GMC Aurangabad.	2011	Medico-legal update	International	Gadge SJ, Zine KU, Batra AK, Kuchewar SV, Meshram RD, Dhawane SG.
9	Estimation of Time Since Death from Algor Mortis-Still a Golden Method in the Modern Era	December 2017	Medico-Legal Update	National	Meshram Satin, Waghmare Sushim, Bhoi Santosh, Kamle Rizwan
10	Pattern of injures in death due to electrocution: A 3 year retrospective study	January 2018	Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine	National	Waghmare Sushim, Meshram Satin, Bhoi Santosh, Kamle Rizwan, Shirsat Kunal
11	Epidemiological Study of Deaths Due to Electrocution: A three Year Retrospective Study	July 2018	Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology	National	Waghmare Sushim, Meshram Satin, Bhoi Santosh, Kamle Rizwan, Shirsat Kunal
12	Pattern of Maternal Deaths: A Three Year Autopsy based Retrospective Study	July 2018	Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology	National	Meshram Satin Kalidas, Waghmare Sushim Amrutrao, Bhoi Santosh Baburao, Kamle Rizwan Allaudin, Shirsat Kunal Bhimrao
13	Epidemiological Study of Poisoning During Autopsy in Solapur Region.	Dec 2023	Journal of Forensic Medicine, Science and Law	National	Santosh B Bhoi, Satin K Meshram,Sushim A Waghmare, Rizwan A Kamle, Vinod V Rathod

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