Health Bulletin 04/ November/ 2024

The Supreme Court recently upheld the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission's (NCDRC) order directing six Chhattisgarh-based doctors to pay compensation for the deficiency in service committed while conducting an Endoscopic Polypectomy procedure on a patient and further while providing her follow-up treatment.

Suffering a cardiac arrest after the procedure, the patient died. Accordingly, the NCDRC bench directed the doctors involved in the treatment to pay Rs 4,50,000 to the complainants, refund Rs 1,20,000 spent on medical treatment and pay Rs 20,000 as legal costs.

Taking cognisance of the complaints filed by the parents of MBBS students, the Fee Regulatory Commission in Kerala has warned the medical colleges in the State against collecting advance fees from the students.

In its warning issued to the medical colleges, the Fee panel, led by Justice KK Dinesan stated that such unreasonable demands could result in penal action against the medical college management involved in such practices.

The names of the five senior students were disclosed after three second-year students submitted a written complaint to the dean of the medical college, Dr Suchitra Dash, on Tuesday. This revelation came after the college's anti-ragging committee was unable to identify the seniors, as no second-year students stepped forward to support the allegations during a meeting with all second and fourth-year students held last week.

The council has directed its Legal and Anti-Quackery Committee to conduct an inquiry and asked them to submit a report soon for further action. An FIR will be lodged based on the findings of the inquiry.