Y Bagayoko¹, K Yacouba Garba², I Diarra¹, D Dackouo³, I Sacko⁴, M Koné5, CT Sylla¹, Y Ballo¹ and TB Bagayoko¹*

¹Forensic/Labour Service/Administration of the Nianankoro Fomba Hospital in Ségou, Mali
²Niamey Surgical Emergency - National Hospital of Niamey, Niger
³General Surgery Department of the Nianankoro Fomba Hospital in Ségou, Mali
⁴National Centre for Orthopaedic Equipment in Bamako, Mali
⁵Mining Occupational Physician, Mali
⁶Hospital Administration Services, Mali

*Corresponding Author: TB Bagayoko, Forensic/Labour Service/Administration of the Nianankoro Fomba Hospital in Ségou, Mali.

Received: December 13, 2024; Published: January 28, 2025

Abstract

Introduction: Violence refers to the character of what is manifested, occurs or produces its effects with intense, extreme, brutal force. Thus, we distinguish between intentional and involuntary violence; however, legally, we can classify the deliberate violence still called assault and injuries in three main categories in order of increasing severity: Violent offences, criminal violence and criminal violence. Thus, the criminal classification of intentional violence varies according to two essential criteria: the injuries inflicted on the victim, measured by total temporary incapacity for work (ITT), and the circumstances in which the violence was committed. Thus, our study aims to study voluntary physical violence received at the Nianankoro Fomba hospital in Ségou, Mali.

Material and Methods: The study was conducted jointly in the emergency department, the forensic medicine and labour service, and the trauma department of the Nianankoro Fomba hospital in Ségou, Mali. It covered all the wilful attacks on the physical integrity of the victims. It was a retrospective, descriptive and transversal study, bringing together all cases of voluntary violation of the physical integrity of the body of people admitted to the Nianankoro FOMBA Hospital in Ségou, The study took place over a period of six years, from January 2017 to December 2022.

Results: The victims of physical violence were mostly young adults aged between 20 and 30 years in 29.89% of cases. The male sex was the most predominant in our study with 68.32% (n = 110) against 32.68% (n = 74) female sex with a sex ratio of 1.48 in favor of men. The majority of victims came from the city of Ségou with 41.61%, most of the victims were of Malian nationality with a rate of 98% against 2% of different nationality. The fights were most represented in our study with 72.41%. The use of blunt objects was 57.47% higher among the type of causative agent. In our study for 85.63% of the victims, the duration of the Total Work Disability in the criminal sense was less than 20 days and 14.36% had a criminal ITT greater than 21 days. The sequelae found were of type of loss of organ or limbs. The courts were involved in the process of reparation and repression in 10.35% of the cases.

Conclusion: Deliberate violence is a major public health problem, affecting thousands of people each year. These are subject to various factors that act in economic, socio-cultural and political contexts. Young subjects, mostly male, are the most affected and at the outbreak of fights. Despite the strict criminal provisions in this area, voluntary physical violence remains a social problem.

Keywords: Physical Violence; Nianankoro Fomba Hospital in Ségou

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Citation

Citation: TB Bagayoko., et al. “Clinical and Legal Aspects of Voluntary Physical Abuse Received at the Nianankoro FOMBA Hospital in Ségou, Mali". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 6.2 (2025): 83-89.

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