Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

About Department

The department deals with teaching and training of medico-legal aspects of patient care. The undergraduate students are taught Forensic Medicine with a view to impart knowledge about Medico-legal aspects of ailments & make them responsible medical practitioners. They should also be able to extend aid to criminal investing authorities regarding Medical-legal matters. The students also learn about law in relation to medical practice, medical negligence and learn to understand the relevance of code of medical ethics. The development has well equipped museum displaying various kinds of weapons, poisons, Specimens & photographs.

Exhibits	Number
Weapons	110
Wet mounted specimens	61
X-rays	55
Bone set	20
Charts	180
Poisons	101
Wax models	38
Photographs	140

A separate departmental research laboratory & anthropology section is available with all instruments as per MCI norms. The departmental library contains various reference text books in the subject along with indexed journals of the subjects. The department also carries out training for interns under the compulsory rotator internship training programme.

Future plans

Planning to start postmortem examination soon.
Clinical Forensic Medicine work.

List of publications in last three years

Dr. Sumeet Shende, Professor

Awareness among medical students, hospital medical & paramedical staff regarding biomedical waste management: a study & review. Authors: Sarika More, Sumeet Shende, Poovitha K, International journal of medical toxicology & legal medicine. Vol 18 No. 1 Jan- June 2015.
Chieloscopy as an aid in sex determination: A study from central India. Authors: Ninad Nagrale, Sumeet Shende, Pankaj Murkey, Bipinchandra Tirpude. International journal of medical toxicology & legal medicine. Vol 17 No. 1 & 2 June- Dec 2014.
Estimation of human height from anthropometric measurement of head amongst MadhyaPradesh population. Authors: Sumeet Shende, Ashok Kumar Jain, Prasad Jaybhaye, Indubala Mathur. Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Vol 15 No. 1 Jan- March 2017.
Profile of road traffic accident (RTA) cases in casualty of medical college situated in central India. Authors: Toshal Wankhade, Sumeet Shende, B.H. Tirpude, Ninad Nagrale International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine Vol. 20 Nos. 1-2, Jan- June 2017.

Dr. Ninad Nagrale, Associate Professor

Pattern of intracranial trauma in fatal head injury cases at a rural institute. Authors: Aloke Mazumder, Ninad Nagrale. International journal of medical toxicology & legal medicine. Vol 17 No. 1 & 2 Jan- June 2017.
Chieloscopy as an aid in sex determination: A study from Central India. Authors: Ninad Nagrale, Sumeet Shende, Pankaj Murkey, Bipinchandra Tirpude. International journal of medical toxicology & legal medicine. Vol 17 No. 1 & 2 June- Dec 2014.
Pattern of Poisoning Cases Admitted at a Tertiary Care Centre in Central India: Four Years Study. Author: Dr. Ninad Nagrale, Dr. Toshal Wankhade. International journal of medical toxicology & legal medicine. Vol 19 No. 1 & 2 Jan- June 2016.
Prevalence and Pattern of Substance Abuse among Patients Presenting to De-addiction Centres: A Study from Central India. Author: Dr. Ninad Nagrale, Dr. Toshal Wankhade. International journal of medical toxicology & legal medicine. Vol 19 No. 1 & 2 Jan- June 2016.
A study of natural deaths due to thoracic pathology involvement- an autopsy based study. Author: Dr. Ninad Nagrale, Dr. Nitin Barmate. Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Vol 35 No. 2 July- Dec 2018.
Epiphyseal union around wrist joint & its correlation with chronological age: a radiological study in population of Chhattisgarh. Author: Dr. Ninad Nagrale, Dr. Nitin Barmate. Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Vol 35 No. 2 July- Dec 2018.

Dr. Toshal Wankhade, Assistant professor

Profile of Burn injury cases and medicolegal formalities done at Clinical forensic Medicine Unit (CFMU) of MGIMS, Sewagram. Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology Authors:- B.H. Tirpude, I L Khandekar, T. D. Wankhade, P. N. Murkey
Profile of Poisoning cases and medicolegal formalities done at Clinical forensic Medicine Unit (CFMU) of MGIMS, Sewagram. Journal of Indian Medico Legal & Ethics Association Authors :- T. D. Wankhade, B.H. Tirpude, P. N. Murkey
Profile of road traffic accident (RTA) cases in casualty of medical college situated in central India. International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine Vol. 20 Nos. 1-2, Jan- June 2017 Authors: Toshal Wankhade, Sumeet Shende, B.H. Tirpude, Ninad Nagrale