The Legal Corner: Understanding Medicolegal cases in Medical practice ft Adv Karanjot Singh Mainee

The legal system has been a crucial component of every person's life from ancient to modern times, and as a result, it has grown interconnected with all facets of human society and supportive of those seeking justice. The medical industry is also a part of these areas, which frequently deals with the legal system. Medical professionals more often than not are now dealing with problems that have significant legal ramifications. Coupled with the fact that now medical service is now a Service under the Consumer Protection Act, makes doctors are vulnerable to more law suits alleging medical negligence and demanding compensation.

We can clearly see how much medical negligence news is currently in the public eye, but before we go into further detail, it's critical to understand what medical negligence is and why it's developing into a severe problem for the healthcare industry.

After getting an alert that a medical negligence case has been registered against them they are apprehensive about having to deal with medical negligence cases as they imagine that they would be summoned by the courts and the police. The fear of being entangled in court cases leads them to avoid medico-legal cases or mislabel them. Because of that fear doctors or hospital do more mistakes without proper knowledge of “how to deal with medical-legal cases.”