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October 2024

Why did the doctor not choose a modern method despite its availability questions Supreme Court

Najrul Seikh v/s Dr. Sumit Banerjee & Anr.
17MLCD (j397) | Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Treating doctor can accept or reject the opinion of a consultant regarding the line of treatment holds court

Usha Nanda v/s Sanjiban Hospital Authority & Ors.
17MLCD (j400) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Refusal to meet non-emergency patients / attendants without a prior appointment in OPD is justified holds court

Sangeeta Rajendra Sharma & Anr. v/s P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center & Anr.
17MLCD (j403) | Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mumbai
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Infant suffers from jaundice due to G6PD deficiency – Court exonerates doctor as the Indian protocol does not endorse screening neonates for G6PD deficiency

Master Neil Mendonsa (Minor) & Ors. v/s Dr. Egbert Saldanha & Ors.
17MLCD (j409) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Music was played in OT / staff indulged in indecent conversation when he was anaesthetized lying on the OT table alleges patient

Resident Director, PIMS Medical and Education Charitable Society (Regd.) & Anr. v/s Sheetal & Anr.
17MLCD (j417) | Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Citing a patient’s reluctance to follow oral advice but not recording it is not a ‘credible excuse’ observes court

Dr. V. Uma Lakshmi v/s Mapathula Venkata Sataveni (Died) & Ors.
17MLCD (j428) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Supreme Court in Jacob Mathews case has “cast some kind of a check on the power of the Police to investigate a complaint against a Medical Doctor” – Kerala High Court

K. Haridas v/s The State of Kerela & Ors.
17MLCD (j431) | Kerala High Court, Ernakulam
Judgement in favour of: None

Court holds dentist not negligent as the possibility of fracture while removing old crown was informed to the patient in advance

Swarna Latha G. v/s M/s Ardent Dental Care
17MLCD (j436) | Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Hyderabad
Judgement in favour of: Doctor



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