@article{ref1,
title="Trends of autopsy cases during covid-19 pandemic restrictions",
journal="Journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2021",
author="Aggarwal, A.D. and Chahal, P.S. and Bhullar, D.S. and Walia, D. and Singh, S.P.",
volume="38",
number="1",
pages="98-101",
abstract="COVID-19 leads to a serious impact on health of people worldwide which not only as a direct consequence of the infection but also due to the measures taken to reduce its transmission. The present study was conducted at Government Medical College Patiala.The aim of our study was to identify and compare the characteristics of cases referred for autopsy during the lockdown period for the COVID-19 First wave 2020, Second wave 2021 and the same period in year 2019.There was fall of 34.3 % and 24.7% in no. of postmortem cases in year 2020 and 2021 respectively when compared to 2019. During all periods 21-40 age group is most vulnerable. There is substantial fall in road traffic accident causalities during lockdown period. Rise in no. of suicides is seen in lockdown period while there is not much change seen in no. of assault cases. India needs to implement evidence-based road safety interventions, promote strong policies and traffic law enforcement, have better road and vehicle design, and improve care for road injuries. The patterns for suicide are alarming. There is urgency for implementing a comprehensive response service for mental health during the pandemic. © 2021, Medico Legal Society. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0971-1929",
doi="10.5958/0974-4568.2021.00019.3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-4568.2021.00019.3"
}