A Complaint claiming Rs40 lakhs alleging that Complainant was not informed of diagnosis-dismissed. Meghna A Singhania20 July 2018 2:53 PM IST"The mere fact that a patient dies in a hospital does not lead to the presumption that the death occurred due to the negligence of the doctor and in...
Doctor's Day Special Viewpoint- From Demi-God to Devil Dr. A.P. Setia1 July 2018 7:17 PM ISTDoctor's Day- A day in a year to recognise the selfless efforts of doctors to keep the society healthy is an excellent initiative. The date may vary...
How radiologists and pathologists can win at the game of Clue Paula J.1 July 2018 3:18 PM ISTThe distinguished radiologist Dr. Anne G. Osborn once likened the radiology profession to the popular murder mystery board game Clue. In...
Dismissed: Criminal case against Doctor for alleged Sex determination on non pregnant decoy patient Meghna A Singhania23 Jun 2018 9:57 AM ISTPatient Has to be Pregnant to undergo pre-natal diagnostic testThe following case summarises an Important relief in PCPNDT Act  given to a doctor by...
Guest Blog : Dilemma of Indian Health Policies Dr. Harleen Kaur14 Jun 2018 5:01 PM ISTBy Dr. Harleen Kaur and Dr. Suresh K. RathiA health policy aims to achieve specific health goals for a society. According to the World Health...
Google no more: How Radiologists are shifting to specialized databases Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Jun 2018 3:44 PM ISTFor radiologists at Taichung Veterans General Hospital, an accredited medical center and first-class teaching hospital, it's not unusual to...
Preferring ERCP over MRCP- St Stephens Hospital told to pay Rs 4.75 Compensation Meghna A Singhania1 Jun 2018 3:40 PM ISTFor resorting to ERCP instead of MRCP when the ultrasound was not definitive for the presence of CBD calculi., doctors at St Stephen Hospital were...
Data Analytics is transforming the healthcare matrix: Dr GSK Velu, Trivitron Healthcare Ruby Khatun Khatun30 May 2018 5:41 PM ISTData analytics is playing a key role in the progress of healthcare practices and research. It is extensively supporting the current healthcare...
Under-Staffing of Nurses, Doctors amounts to deficiency: Apollo Hospital told to pay Rs.2 lakhs. Meghna A Singhania27 May 2018 8:35 PM ISTUnder staffing is one of the serious problems faced by most of the Hospitals in the country. In a recent medico-legal case, while Allegations of...
"Lymphoma- A Curable Blood Cancer"- Dr Rahul Bhargava Dr. Rahul Bhargava26 May 2018 6:12 PM ISTIt is a myth that lymphoma spreads by biopsyFor ages now, the Diagnosis of Lymphoma has been considered a diagnosis of death. Whether its a patient or...
When Social Media Helped Dismiss a Medico Legal Case with Claim of Rs 6 crore Meghna A Singhania21 May 2018 4:14 PM ISTA highly inflated claim of Rs.6 Crore+ was dismissed, partly thanks to Social Media that showed how Complainant is hale and hearty. The case was filed...
Blog: The Exit of a Good Doctor RAJ TOBIN6 April 2018 5:49 PM ISTThe practice of medicine is not black and white or even grey. There are many hues and shades in between when we speak about the management of a...
