A Study on Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Reported to Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka During 2019-2021.
Muthulingam ThanushanPatikirige Anuruddhi Samanthika EdirisingheHandun Pathirannehelage WijewardhaneYalini ThivaharanMudiyanselage Maleesha Sawaneeth JayasundaraNirmal BorukgamaDeshan Lakshitha KulathungaDula Nuwanthi AlwisPawanthi Samudini GovinnageIndira Deepthi Gamage KitulwattePublished in: Academic forensic pathology (2022)
Victims of IPV are silently suffering for many long years. Failure in the response from authorities was identified. COVID-19 pandemic has become an additional risk factor for IPV. Strengthening of legal and social responses is the need of the hour.