A Ten Year Retrospective Study of Poisoning Deaths in a Tertiary Care Hospital Situated in Rural Area of Himachal Pradesh

Acute poisoning is an important medical emergency and one of the commonest causes unnatural deaths. Poisoning occurs when any substance interferes with normal body functions after it swallowed, inhaled, injected, or absorbed. Toxicology science which deals properties, actions, toxicity, fatal dose, detection, estimation, treatment autopsy findings poisons, drugs various chemical substances. An based retrospective study was conducted from January 2009 to December 2018 at Department Forensic Medicine Toxicology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra Tanda, Himachal Pradesh. All cases deaths due alleged brought for medico-legal were studied. The data obtained computed descriptive analysis baseline characteristics analysed summarized. In our study, 24.48% total autopsied occurring poisoning. maximum number 362 (53%) males followed by 321(46.99%) females. Aluminium Phosphide found be most commonly used poison. Peak incidence observed in age group 41-50 years (72.34%) 21-30 (54.27%) Based on these preventive measures like restriction sale strengthening legislature availability poison, promoting poison detection centres etc. should main aim this time.