Citation

Dalvie SS, Pai PR, Shenoy SG, Bapat RD. J. Postgrad. Med. 1993; 39(1): 5-9.

Affiliation

Dept of General Surgery, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Medknow Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8295153

Abstract

Bombay experienced a violent outbreak of communal rioting in January 1993. Four hundred and thirteen casualties were treated in the KEM hospital from January 7 to January 15, of which 194 required admission and further management. Twenty-seven were brought dead on arrival. The large influx of casualties sustained over a period of 9 days tended to overwhelm the medical facilities. The data of the admitted patients are analyzed to identify the frequency of admissions, cause and nature of injuries sustained, management and prognosis of casualties in such a catastrophe. An attempt is also made to identify the problems faced during such a crisis and a few suggestions made for their solution.

Language: en