Demand for fast track courts in medical negligence cases
Kolkata: A non-governmental organisation fighting for patients` rights in India pressed for an amendment to the Consumer Protection Act for disposal of cases of medical negligence through fast-track courts.
The People for Better Treatment submitted a memorandum to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to seek amendment in the said Act of 1986 to check long delays in such cases.
"Inordinate delays in disposal of such cases has added to the mental torment and financial burden of ill-fated victims` families," PBT President Kunal Saha told the media here.
"The inordinate delay in disposal of medical negligence cases is primarily because a large numbers of other consumer litigation mostly involving ordinary commercial disputes are clubbed together in the same roster along with serious cases like permanent physical disability or loss of human life against delinquent doctors/hospitals," Saha said in a letter to NCDRC President Justice D.K. Jain (retd).
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