Faculty : Dr Toshal Wankhade

Senior Resident,
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
 Doctors are commonly encountered with poisoning cases at
emergency section.
 Apart from the treatment of such cases doctor has some legal
responsibility towards such cases as defined by the law.
 Failure to perform these duties can land doctor into trouble &
he may face legal notice or punishment from court.
 Considering the above things department of Forensic
Medicine planned educational activity to make clinician
working at AIIMS, Nagpur aware of their duties in case of
poisoning.
By the end of this activity doctor should able to do
 1. Medicolegal documentation of suspected poisoning case as
per Institute policy
 2. Police information as per CrPC
 3. Arrangement for dying declaration as per Indian Evidence
act
 4. Preserve various samples of Medicolegal importance as per
guidelines set by RFSL.
All the clinicians working in the AIIMS, Nagpur will be included
in the educational activity.
Number will be up to 40
Duration of teaching activity : 1Hr
Teaching Method: Role play and lecture
 Predesigned Questionnaire will be given to all participant
before and after the educational activity.
 With these questionnaire level of awareness of doctor
regarding the legal duties in case of poisoning prior and after
the educational activity can be assessed.
 Evaluation of the activity can be done on the basis of answer
to questionnaire before and after the session.
 Feedback from the doctors.
 Pre activity questionnaire
 Introduction to topic and objectives
 Role play
 Lecture session
 Summary
 Post activity questionnaire
 Assessment
 Feedback
 Evaluation
Activity Time duration
Pre activity questionnaire 5 Min

Introduction to topic and objectives 5 Min

Role play 20 Min

Lecture session 20 Min

Summary 5 Min

Post activity questionnaire 5 Min

1. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. [Internet][Assessed on:
19/10/2019] Available on :
https://indiacode.nic.in/bitsream/123456789/6571/1/crpc.pdf
2. K.S. Narayan Reddi, The essentials of Forensic Medicine and
Toxicology. 33rd ed. /new Delhi:The Health Sciences
publishers;2014. P. 513-515
3. T. Millo. Medico-Legal Duties of Doctor in Poisoning Cases: Journal
of Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology Volume 3 Number 2, July -
December 2017