The primary objective of a medical profession is to render services to humanity. However, an ordinary doctor is always intimidated in dealing with a medicolegal case. Uninvited legal battle, pestering by the law enforcement agencies, wasting precious time as a witness whenever called upon into the court of law are some of the common apprehensions of a doctor. These intimidations have always kept medical fraternity away from accident cases or any other medicolegal cases who are in real need of medical care.
There is an increasing number of casualties caused by roadside accidents leading to deaths due to lack of timely medical attention. The reason being for these deaths are prevailing police rules and Criminal Procedure Code, which is a mandate for the fulfillment of several legal formalities before a victim receives a medical attention. The rationale behind this complicated procedure…
