DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY

The Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, KGMC, is the center for the teaching and training of undergraduate and postgraduate Medico-legal work. Trainees of this department are serving in various medical institutes in the speciality. At present, the department is recognized for undergraduate teaching of the speciality and post graduate training and examination center for DMJ (Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence) from KMU Peshawar.
Forensic Medicine is the subject which deals with the application of the principles of medical knowledge for the purpose of law and furthering of justice and Forensic Toxicology is the discipline of studying under a forensic profile the pathologies induced by poisons, drugs, drugs of abuse, toxins, pesticides, chemicals and agrochemicals, doping substances and, in part, food supplements.
Medical graduates in practice deal with examination and assessment of individuals who have been—or are suspected to have been—injured or killed by external influence such as trauma or intoxication, but also of individuals who are suspected of having injured another person.
Age estimation is one of the primary responsibilities of doctors involved in medical practice in public sector. It is an integral procedure aiming to estimate the chronological age of an individual, whose age is either unknown or doubtful, by means of assessing the stage of dental, skeletal, and physical development. Age determination is also important in criminal investigations.
Victims of physical and sexual assaults are brought by the police to the doctors for medicolegal assessment and opinion. Faculty of the department teach and train medical students how to examine, assess and formulate opinion in cases of physical assaults, sexual assaults, age estimation, and postmortem examinations. They also get guidance and training of how to diagnose and manage acute and chronic poisoning cases.

FACULTY INTRODUCTION

Associate Professor Dr Anwar Ul Haq
M.B.B.S, DMJ (Forensic Medicine & Toxicology), CHPE
Chairman,
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar

Assistant Professor Dr Naheed Siddiqui
MBBS, DMJ, FCPS (Radiology), CHPE

Dr Iftikhar Ahmed
MBBS
Demonstrator

NON-TEACHING STAFF

Mr. Changez Khan
Office assistant

Mr. Muhammed Tufail
JCT

Mr. Faiz Muhammed
SMT

Mr. Muhammed Tariq
Naib qasid

Mr. Shakeel Ahmed
Lecture room attended

Mr. Muhammed Humayun
Mortuary attendant

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Undergraduate
  • MBBS
    • Large group format
    • Small group discussion
    • Mortuary visits
    • Practicals (Museum & Lab work)
• Postgraduate
  • DMJ
    • Presentations
    • Case based discussions
    • Mortuary visits
    • Practicals (Museum & Lab work)
    • Report writing

IN PROGRESS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

• Wheat pill poisoning: management and outcome in cases reported in DG Khan District.

POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARS

• Dr Iftikhar Ahmed
  MBBS
  Postgraduate Scholar (DMJ)
• Dr Muhammad Bilal
  MBBS
  Postgraduate Scholar (DMJ)
• Dr Misbah
  MBBS
  Postgraduate Scholar (DMJ)
• Dr Muhammad Tahir
  MBBS
  Postgraduate Scholar