SC holds Orthopaedic Surgeon guilty of performing surgery on wrong leg
Upholding the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) finding a surgeon liable for medical negligence while conducting surgery on the wrong foot of a patient, the Supreme Court recently dismissed the appeal filed by the doctor.
Challenging the NCDRC ruling, the concerned doctor, who worked as an Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Fortis Hospital in 2016, filed a plea before the Supreme Court.
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