A Doctor was held guilty for breach of Professional Ethics and not for Medical Negligence !!!! A Doctor was held guilty for breach of Professional Ethics (i.e. not attending a patient at the time of operation) and not for Medical Negligence !!!! Take few minutes to read!!! It may help you too… This is the […]
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DOB Foundation has challenged Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) claiming Estimation of age using dental radiographs is a justifiable procedure
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Estimation of age using dental radiographs In lieu of recent criticism from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), India regarding the exposure of radiographs for dental age estimation, Date of Birth Foundation had published a review article titled “Estimation of age using dental radiographs is a justifiable procedure” written by a team of comprising […]
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Ophthalmologists summoned to register USG scan machines under PC-PNDT Act !!!! One may wonder as to what’s the connection of sex determination under PCPNDT Act and Ophthalmologist? But in order to curb the pre-sex determination evil the Pune Municipal Corporation sent a circular to ophthalmologists earlier this month thereby directing them to register the ‘A’ […]
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Supreme Court directs Government to scrap Reservation quotas in Super Speciality Medical Courses
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Supreme Court directs Government to scrap Reservation quotas in Super Speciality Medical Courses The apex court also referred to a body of judgments, asking government authorities to refrain from relaxing the eligibility criteria basing it on various kinds of reservations. The Supreme Court on Tuesday called for the end of the reservation system in all […]
Condom is not the Medicine “Condom is not the Medicine and hence fixation of the ceiling price for condoms is impermissible in Law !!!” – Hon’ble Madras High Court, adopted the decision of Hon’ble Delhi High Court !! Now a days one cannot predict as to what kind of problems the Judiciary may be confronted […]
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Wrong blood Transfusion = Compensation of Rs.15 lakh plus !!! (the Hospital was vicariously held liable and major portion of compensation was saddled upon the Hospital) The National Commission in the case of Dr. Anil Kumar Mittal V/s smt. Neelam Gupta & ors, R.P. No.3145/2008) held the Doctor as well as the Hospital for wrong […]
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No cure is not a negligence of treating doctor. Rs.1,86,77,120 Claim against Doctor Dismissed by Court
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No cure is not a negligence of treating doctor “No cure is not a negligence of treating doctor”. These words of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) in its recent Judgment of Mrs. Rashal Kanwar & ors V/s. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital & ors, (Case No.950/2015, decided on 15/09/2015) will certainly act as an […]
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National Consumer Commission Dismisses Rs.26,50,000 compensation case against Doctor in Cuttack, Odisha
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National Consumer Commission Dismisses Rs.26,50,000 compensation case against Doctor in Cuttack The National Consumer Fora while dismissing the consumer complaint filed for compensation of Rs.26,50,000/- ( Bibiekanad Panigrahi V/s. Prime Hospitals, Cuttack, decided on 03/08/2015 ) observed at the threshold that : “The doctor/patient relationship is at a crossroads. Some patients want the doctor […]
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Lawyer fined Rs.75000 for unnecessarily dragging Doctor to Court When the Complainant ( a lawyer himself) is saddled with cost of Rs.75,000/- for filing frivolous Complaint against the Doctors !!! In an interesting case, the State consumer Forum, Mumbai in the case of R.F. Lambay V/s. Shanti Nursing Home, Mumbai & Dr.Prashant K. Pattnaik. CCNo.313/2001, […]
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Ausodhyatmika – Medicine App to Fight Corruption ‘Ausodhyatmika’ is a social service android app to search medicines in India and is available for download free of cost at Google play store. The app has Democratized medicines in India and helps fight corruption in Healthcare sector. The app does not entertain any business of selling […]