A Physician is free to decide whom he/she will serve, except in case of Emergency – Court rejects 2.5 Crore petition against Doctor & Hospital “ It’s in the interest of Patients that Doctors. should not be dragged to the Court unnecessarily National Commission observed while dismissing the Compliant for damages of Rs.2.5 Crores as […]
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Jan
Jan
“Merely a patient does not respond to the Treatment, a Doctor cannot be held Negligent…” A Good beginning of the year for Medicos.. Case Details : Sukhdev Gill V/s. Rotary Eye Hospital & ors, H.P. Date of Judgement : 05/01/2018 BEFORE: Hon. Dr. S.M. Kantikar and Dr. B.C. Gupta. Facts in short : 1. The […]
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Nov
“(The Doctor ) having studied one particular system of medicine, cannot possibly, claim complete knowledge about the drugs of the other system of medicine. The transgression into other branches of medicine would tantamount to quackery.”. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has observed while allowing the Complaint thereby saddling compensation of few lacks of rupees […]
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Oct
Oct
An Unsigned Medical Record has no legal validity… No Record is No Defense and Poor Record is Poor Defense….. (Medicos, you must at least read point No.5 herein below) Medi. Supri. Loaknayak Jaiprakash Naryan Hospital & Ors. V/s. K.M. Santosh. F.A. No. 244/2008, decided on 14/03/2016. FIRST APPEAL NO. 244 OF 2008 (Against the Order dated […]
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Sep
Sep
A case filed by Doctor against Doctors “Only because the patient died or suffered any mishap, it cannot be taken as medical negligence of treating doctor.” In an interesting case of Medical Negligence, filed by the Doctor herself, the National Commission has made these observations . (Dr. MISS HERAT PARMAR V/s. DR. VENILAL G. PANCHAL […]
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Sep
Sep
Nursing homes without ICU can’t conduct Operations : Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courthas said nursing homes without an intensive care unit facility can’t carry out surgeries on a patient as absence of an ICU posed danger to the patient’s life. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar goel and U U Lalit gave the ruling on […]
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If the treatment given by Doctor is found to be proper, the Expert opinion, though adverse, has no significance
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Aug
Aug
If the treatment given by Doctor is found to be proper, the Expert opinion, though adverse, has no significance It’s a great relief for Doctors by National Commission in its judgment dated 20/09/2016, in the case of DR. SHRIKANT V. MUKEWAR V/s. VIMAL & 2 ORS. For all latest Medical jobs Click here Lets see the […]
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Aug
Aug
Medical Practitioners who studied one pathy, not allowed to practice in other pathy A Decision welcomed by Allopathic Practitioners, but not by Homeopaths… For all recent Medical jobs Click here The Division Bench of Allahabad high Court in its recently reported judgment in AIR 2017 ALL 105, while dismissing the Petition filed by Homeopathic Surgeon Association […]
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Jul
Jul
“The Complaint filed by the Dentist for getting Rs.30 lakhs for botched surgery, was dismissed”. Case Details: Dr.Rai Abhishek V/s. Joy Hospital Pvt.Ltd., Mumbai & anr. Consumer Complaint No.CC/11/273, decided on 24/04/2017, by SCDRC, Mumbai. http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetPdf.do?method=getPdf&cid=21%2F0%2FCC%2F11%2F273&dtOfHearing=2017-04-24 Facts in short: 1. The Complainant – Doctor met with an accident on or about 10.10.2009 as his 2 […]
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Undue delay in diagnosis & failure to decide the line of treatment costed Rs. 5 lakhs to Doctor
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Jun
Jun
Undue delay in diagnosis & failure to decide the line of treatment costed Rs. 5 lakhs to Doctor The National Commission in its judgment dated 13/10/2015 in the case of ASHA ABBHI V/s. KANPUR MEDICAL CENTRE PVT. LTD. & 2 ORS, Observed.. You may see the Following Link. http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do… The Factual Matrix in nutshell is […]