Consumer Protection Act (CPA) should not be a “halter round the neck” of doctors to make them fearful and apprehensive of taking professional decisions at crucial moments to explore possibility of reviving patients hanging between life and death.” \u201cDoctors in complicated cases, have to take chance, even if the rate of survival is low.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n <\/p>\n
Here also it was observed that, \u201creferring a patient to higher centre is not a negligence\u201d. If you refer, they may say you referred for “Cut” or because of your incompetence, if you don’t, still they may say, what prevented you, when you are not an expert… so blame it on Doctors… Isn’t it?<\/p>\n
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An article by Adv. Rohit Erande, Pune.<\/p>\n
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