Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14356/1089
Title: A Case of Fatal Electrocution in Rural Nepal
Authors: Atreya, Alok
Thapa, Jagat Bahadur
Menezes, Ritesh G
Nepal, Samata
Nepal, Binu
Citation: AtreyaA., ThapaJ. B., MenezesR. G., NepalS., & NepalB. (2021). A Case of Fatal Electrocution in Rural Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 19(1), 209-211. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v19i1.3257
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Nepal Health Research Council
Article Type: Case Report
Keywords: Death scene investigation
fatal electrocution
high-tension transmission
Series/Report no.: Jan-March, 2021;3257
Abstract: Abstract Although preventable, electrocutions have claimed many lives in Nepal. People of low socio-economic background from remote villages in Nepal who visit jungle to tend cattle, collect firewood and cattle fodder are vulnerable to electrocution when the foliage are in contact with the power lines. We present a case of a 11-year-old boy who was found suspended over three naked high-tension electric wires approximately 30 feet above the ground in rural Nepal. This article describes a case of fatal electrocution and attempts to explain a reasons for such mishaps in Nepal through consideration of topography and socioeconomic factors. This article further discusses the death scene investigation in such cases. Keywords: Death scene investigation; fatal electrocution; high-tension transmission
Description: Case Report
URI: http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/20.500.14356/1089
ISSN: Print ISSN: 1727-5482; Online ISSN: 1999-6217
Appears in Collections:Vol. 19 No. 1 (2021): Vol. 19 No. 1 Issue 50 Jan-Mar 2021

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