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“It is the prerogative of a Doctor to decide the line of Treatment, based on his/her skills”
The Doctors were saved from paying Rs.25 lakhs as compensation on allegations of Medical Negligence for performing unnecessary operations and (the worse) from the allegation of removal of kidney by the National Commission in its recent following judgment in the case of USHA DEVI V/s. E.S.I.C. MODEL HOSPITAL & ANR, BIHAR.
Case of the Complainant :
1. The Complainant got herself admitted for the treatment of piles & pain in abdomen and after some tests she was advised to undergo an operation.
2. The Complainant further alleged that Doctors performed two operations on her, one for removal of gall bladder and another for removal of piles.
3. But in ultrasonography made later, reported no evidence of malignancy in the Gall bladder and hence she alleged Doctors of Medical Negligence and field a case for Rs.25 lakhs for unnecessarily performing gall bladder operation. Her compliant was dismissed in the State Forum and hence the Appeal.
The Doctors were saved from paying Rs.25 lakhs as compensation on allegations of Medical Negligence for performing unnecessary operations and (the worse) from the allegation of removal of kidney by the National Commission in its recent following judgment in the case of USHA DEVI V/s. E.S.I.C. MODEL HOSPITAL & ANR, BIHAR.
Case of the Complainant :
1. The Complainant got herself admitted for the treatment of piles & pain in abdomen and after some tests she was advised to undergo an operation.
2. The Complainant further alleged that Doctors performed two operations on her, one for removal of gall bladder and another for removal of piles.
3. But in ultrasonography made later, reported no evidence of malignancy in the Gall bladder and hence she alleged Doctors of Medical Negligence and field a case for Rs.25 lakhs for unnecessarily performing gall bladder operation. Her compliant was dismissed in the State Forum and hence the Appeal.
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