Overview
The Supreme Court clarified on Tuesday that the doctors can only attempt to give the best treatment to the patients, but they cannot assure life and if a patient doesn't survive, "the fault cannot be fastened on the doctors as a case of medical negligence."
Such observations came from the top court bench comprising of Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian while considering a case where a patient diagnosed with aorta aneurysum had died despite two operations and the family of the patient had alleged that there were negligence on the part of the treating doctor as he was absent for his abroad trip. In fact, the hospital was also held guilty since the DSA machine was not working and the operation theatres were not vacant when the patient required them.
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Non Availability Of Doctor, OT Not Medical Negligence: Supreme Court