Supreme Court upholds MCI findings, sets aside Consumer Court order absolving surgeon, hospital of medical negligence in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Upholding the report of the Ethics Committee of the erstwhile Medical Council of India, now National Medical Commission (NMC), the Supreme Court recently held a laparoscopic surgeon at Preet Surgical Centre & Maternity Hospital guilty of medical negligence while conducting a laparoscopic cholecystectomy back in 2004.

Such a decision was taken by the Apex Court bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha as it held that the opinions and the findings of the MCI were of "great relevance" and set aside the orders of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) which had earlier exonerated the doctor and the hospital.

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SC Upholds MCI Findings, Sets Aside Consumer Court Order Absolving Surgeon, Hospital Of Medical Negligence In Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy