Goa, Nov. 10 -- A comprehensive decade-long study, based on data from Goa Medical College (GMC) and conducted in collab oration with its Department of Forensic Medi cine and Toxicology, has revealed that burn inju ries claimed nearly one life every four days in the State between 2014 and 2023, underscoring a per sistent and complex public health challenge linked to unsafe domestic fuel use, suicides, and hospital care deficiencies. The study, titled: "Epidemiological, forensic and clinical insights into burn injuries: A decade-long retrospective analysis from Goa Medical College," was carried out by researchers from the Na tional Forensic Sciences University's Goa campus in collaboration with Dr Chetan L Karekar of GMC's Department of For...