Citation

Telisinghe PU, Colombage SM, Pg Hj Aliuddin PM. Med. Sci. Law 2016; 56(4): 267-270.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0025802416668459

PMID

27628167

Abstract

Deaths resulting from carbon-monoxide poisoning have been reported in the medical literature under diverse circumstances. Here, we report four deaths due to carbon-monoxide poisoning as a result of a traditional practice involving the application of heat to the abdomen to facilitate uterine involution during the immediate post-partum period. Four people died due to carbon-monoxide poisoning in two separate incidents, including two women in the post-partum period. In both instances, the women slept beside a stove with burning charcoal, which was supposed to provide warmth to the lower abdomen.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en