Health Bulletin 31/ December/ 2024

Relying on the landmark judgment in the case of Bolam V. Friern Hospital Management Committee, the Court opined that the yardstick of medical negligence is whether the doctor's conduct and opinion fell below that of a reasonably competent practitioner in similar circumstances.

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Dissatisfaction with EXPECTED Standard of Care Does not Constitute Medical Negligence: Delhi HC relief to Max Hospital

Medical college head denied bail in Rs 65 crore admission scam involving 350 aspirants

Noting that the delay in starting the trial was due to the applicant's inaction in progressing the case, rather than any fault on the prosecution's part, a special PMLA court in Mumbai rejected the bail of Mahadev Deshmukh, former working president of the Kolhapur-based Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Education Society (SCSES), who allegedly collected over Rs 65 crore from 350 medical aspirants for admission in a college run by the trust.

This marks the second time the applicant has sought bail, citing delays in the trial and arguing that there is no reason for him to remain in jail. Medical Dialogues in August this year reported that a special PMLA court in Mumbai rejected his first bail application due to his primary involvement in the crime.

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No Bail for Medical College Head who allegedly collected Rs 65 crore from 350 MBBS aspirants in admission fraud

Assam: Speeding car collides with truck, injures three female MBBS interns

An outing with friends turned into a tragic event for three female intern doctors of Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) after they sustained injuries in a road accident on National Highway-37 at Kamargaon in Golaghat. Their high speed car allegedly crashed into the back of a moving truck.

Police refusing to reveal the identity of intern doctors reported that they might have been driving the car while being drunk as several empty bottles of liquor were found inside their car leading to the suspicions, as per The Sentinel report. However, an investigation is underway to verify the speculations.

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Assam: Three female MBBS interns injured after their speeding car hit moving truck

UP doctor arrested for burning man alive to fake his own death and claim insurance money

In a horrifying incident, a Baghpat-based doctor, who was facing a huge Rs 30 lakh debt that he could not repay, is alleged to have burned a man alive to fake his own death and claim insurance money to settle his debts.

What is more disturbing is that the doctor allegedly planned the whole thing, calculated every step and he was allegedly inspired by a popular crime television series, CID. After inviting the deceased for a couple of drinks, the accused doctor put the deceased inside the doctor's own car to make it look like that the doctor himself had been murdered.

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Real Life Horror! Debt-driven Doctor Burns Man Alive to Claim Insurance in UP