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Doctors should register with all the State Medical Councils where they practice – Multiple registration is permitted under the new NMC Act, points out Delhi High Court

Dr. Namit Gupta v/s Delhi Medical Council & Anr.
17MLCD (j355) | Delhi High Court, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: None

Surgeon held negligent for leaving a needle at surgical site - Supreme Court refuses to apply 'Eggshell-Skull Rule' and questions what was the pre-existing condition

Jyoti Devi v/s Suket Hospital & Ors.
17MLCD (j362) | Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Shouldn’t doctors be more cautious and hospitals walk the ‘extra mile’ when patients' attendants are not around questions court

K. Hari Prasad & Anr. v/s Taraporewalla Nursing Home & Anr.
17MLCD (j369) | Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Hyderabad
Judgement in favour of: Patient

“Shocking” exclaims court while holding a tertiary care government hospital negligent as it neither had a crucial injection nor informed attendants to get it from the open market

Safdarjung Hospital & VMMC & Ors. v/s Asha Goyal
17MLCD (j375) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Surgeon’s defence that surgery was performed in a free camp hence patient was not a consumer rejected - Court finds that patient had paid for treatment of post-surgery complications

Resident Director, PIMS Medical and Education Charitable Society (Regd.) & Anr. v/s Sheetal & Anr.
17MLCD (j380) | Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Surgeon’s defence that surgery was performed in a free camp hence patient was not a consumer rejected - Court finds that patient had paid for treatment of post-surgery complications

Dr. T. K. Jayarajan v/s K. M. Muraleedharan
17MLCD (j380) | Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thiruvananthapuram
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Court accepts doctor’s defence that the patient was put on ATT without confirmed TB but only after performing the indicated investigations

Chandra Bhusan Tiwari v/s Dr. Rajnish Kumar Srivastava & Ors.
17MLCD (j386) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Referring the patient to another city for vascular surgery when a vascular surgeon was available in another hospital in the same city cited as an instance of negligence

Dr. Janak Raj Arora & Anr. v/s Japinder Singh & Ors.
17MLCD (j388) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Court rejects the surgeon’s strange defence that he wrote the unsigned prescription but not the unsigned discharge card

Dr. B. L. Verma v/s Ashok Kumar Singh
17MLCD (j395) | Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Lucknow
Judgement in favour of: Patient

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September 2024

Doctors should register with all the State Medical Councils where they practice – Multiple registration is permitted under the new NMC Act, points out Delhi High Court

Surgeon held negligent for leaving a needle at surgical site - Supreme Court refuses to apply 'Eggshell-Skull Rule' and questions what was the pre-existing condition

Shouldn’t doctors be more cautious and hospitals walk the ‘extra mile’ when patients' attendants are not around questions court

“Shocking” exclaims court while holding a tertiary care government hospital negligent as it neither had a crucial injection nor informed attendants to get it from the open market

Surgeon’s defence that surgery was performed in a free camp hence patient was not a consumer rejected - Court finds that patient had paid for treatment of post-surgery complications

Surgeon’s defence that surgery was performed in a free camp hence patient was not a consumer rejected - Court finds that patient had paid for treatment of post-surgery complications

Court accepts doctor’s defence that the patient was put on ATT without confirmed TB but only after performing the indicated investigations

Referring the patient to another city for vascular surgery when a vascular surgeon was available in another hospital in the same city cited as an instance of negligence

Court rejects the surgeon’s strange defence that he wrote the unsigned prescription but not the unsigned discharge card

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September 2024

Doctors should register with all the State Medical Councils where they practice – Multiple registration is permitted under the new NMC Act, points out Delhi High Court

Surgeon held negligent for leaving a needle at surgical site - Supreme Court refuses to apply 'Eggshell-Skull Rule' and questions what was the pre-existing condition

Shouldn’t doctors be more cautious and hospitals walk the ‘extra mile’ when patients' attendants are not around questions court

“Shocking” exclaims court while holding a tertiary care government hospital negligent as it neither had a crucial injection nor informed attendants to get it from the open market

Surgeon’s defence that surgery was performed in a free camp hence patient was not a consumer rejected - Court finds that patient had paid for treatment of post-surgery complications

Surgeon’s defence that surgery was performed in a free camp hence patient was not a consumer rejected - Court finds that patient had paid for treatment of post-surgery complications

Court accepts doctor’s defence that the patient was put on ATT without confirmed TB but only after performing the indicated investigations

Referring the patient to another city for vascular surgery when a vascular surgeon was available in another hospital in the same city cited as an instance of negligence

Court rejects the surgeon’s strange defence that he wrote the unsigned prescription but not the unsigned discharge card

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