Advising chemo without tissue diagnosis: NCDRC holds Parel's Tata Memorial Hospital, doctor guilty of medical negligence

Noting that without tissue diagnosis advising chemo was the act of omission, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held Parel's Tata Memorial Hospital and a doctor guilty of medical negligence, and directed them to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to a female patient.

The patient went through two cycles of chemotherapy after an oncologist diagnosed her as suffering from stage 4 stomach cancer without even verifying the biopsy report. The biopsy report procured subsequently did not detect malignancy.

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Advising chemo without tissue diagnosis amounts to medical negligence: Commission directs Tata Memorial Hospital, doctor to pay Rs 5L compensation