Good news for Doctors. Hon. Bombay High Court in 2 recent consecutive judgments has held that Shop Act is now not applicable to Doctors ( these judgments are applicable as far as Maharashtra State is concerned, nevertheless it have persuasive value for other states too) Recent 2 consecutive Judgments of Hon’ble Bombay High Court in […]
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Saving Patient life is important than Improvement of Patient Vision – rules Court dismissing Medical Negligence case
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Nov
Nov
Saving Patient life is important than Improvement of Patient Vision To save the life of patient was more important, rather than the improvement of vision of the patient – observed the National Commission and relieved Doctors from charges of Medical Negligence. “When a patient dies or suffers some mishap, there is a tendency to […]
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Nov
Nov
11 Point Guidelines for Doctors to deal with Medical Negligence cases!!!! Doctors be aware of your rights. Know the 11 pointer and make others aware about it by sharing it!!!! The Apex Court in its landmark judgment of Kusum Sharma V/s. Batra Hospital, 5 years back has laid down the following guidelines while dealing the […]
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Court rejects Rs.2.35 crore compensation claim against Hospital in Organ Transplantation case
03
Nov
Nov
Court rejects Rs.2.35 crore compensation claim against Hospital in Organ Transplantation case Doctors and Hospital were discharged from the allegations of Medical Negligence for Rs.2.35 Crore compensation was claimed in a Unique case in respect of Organ Transplantation, where the main allegations may be summarized as under : “a) Why a laparoscopic bilateral nephrectomy operation […]
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Court orders Private Medical &; Dental Colleges to pay Rs 20 lakh fine for each wrongful admission
03
Nov
Nov
Court orders Private Medical & Dental Colleges to pay Rs 20 lakh fine for each wrongful admission The famous controversy over the unlawful admission of 206 students to private medical and dental institutes have finally been resolved with the Pravesh Niyantran Samiti, the quasi-judiciary authority, ordering the private institutions to pay Rs 20 lakh fine […]
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A Doctor was held guilty for breach of Professional Ethics and not for Medical Negligence !!!!
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Nov
Nov
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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Nov
Nov
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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Oct
Oct
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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Oct
Oct
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 […]