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.”

It is in this background it becomes more necessary for doctors that they must have basic knowledge of medico-legal cases for handling things like, how to protect themselves from medico-legal cases. what is the medico-legal case? and what do when things like this happen to you?

In order to discuss this subject in depth, Karanjot Singh Mainee, an independent attorney who represents clients in Delhi & NCR courts and tribunals, joins us for today's health perspective episode. He will explain the medico-legal terms and answer some common queries, such as what are the various remedies available to aggrieved patients? What should a doctor or hospital do in case a particular case is registered against the doctors? What will be the first action taken by the doctor or hospital to protect themselves? What are the various practices a doctor can adopt to be prepared for protecting himself/ herself from a negligence case? Why did so much violence rise against the doctors?