Citation

Bhoi SB, Tumram NK, Shinde DK, Chandekar KS. J. Punj. Acad. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2013; 13(2): 86-87.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Publisher R. K. Gorea)

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Abstract

Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide in India in which death of the individual occurs instantaneously. However, a few cases have been reported in literature in which death has occurred after a certain period or the patient has survived after prolonged resuscitative measures. Here a case of 18-year-old female is described who survived for seven days after hanging, remaining unconscious throughout in the hospital. She died due to cerebral damage caused by cerebral anoxia. © 2013 JPAFMAT. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Hanging; Anoxia