Open AccessAn analysis of medicolegal reporting in workman injuries referred for medicolegal examination in a Tertiary Care Hospital Of Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
I.D.G. Kitulwatte,
P.A.S. Edirisinghe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_81_20
Subject(s) - medicine , sri lanka , occupational safety and health , family medicine , physical examination , tertiary care , injury prevention , poison control , medical emergency , surgery , ethnology , south asia , pathology , history
A reasonable number of workman injuries are reported for medicolegal examination every year. In addition to report on the degree of severity and consistency of the injuries with the historical evidence, the medical officers are expected to opine on degree of disability as well. However, routine Medicolegal Examination Form or Report used in Sri Lanka to report these cases does not carry a section for disability or impairment.