Elimination of Respiratory Medicine Dept from MBBS curriculum, HC seeks reasoned explanation from NMC Yakshi Chugh7 Oct 2024 5:52 PM ISTWhile considering the plea by the Indian Chest Society (ICS) challenging the National Medical Commission's (NMC) decision of eliminating the...
Karnataka HC orders State to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to MBBS candidate for denial of seat under sports quota Yakshi Chugh7 Oct 2024 5:29 PM ISTWhile considering the plea by an MBBS aspirant, who was denied a seat under the sports quota despite representing India in several national and...
Patient not attended by hospital: Chhattisgarh High Court takes suo motu cognizance of alleged medical negligence Yakshi Chugh7 Oct 2024 9:00 AM ISTThe Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of alleged medical negligence incident reported at a government medical facility in the...
Medical Protocol not followed during treatment of road accident patient: Max Hospital directed to pay compensation Yakshi Chugh3 Oct 2024 4:35 PM ISTThe District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), North-East Delhi recently directed Max Super Speciality Hospital to pay compensation to a...
Punjab and Haryana HC attaches salaries of senior officials for failing to release pending dues Yakshi Chugh3 Oct 2024 9:15 AM ISTWhile considering the pleas filed by several hospitals in Punjab seeking the release of pending dues from the State Government under the Ayushman...
Telangana Hospital, surgeon directed to pay Rs 2.5 lakh compensation for negligence Yakshi Chugh23 Sept 2024 5:43 PM ISTA city-based Private Hospital and one of its doctors were recently directed by the District Consumer Court to pay Rs 2.5 lakh compensation to a...
HC relief to paediatrician who diagnosed TB instead of renal calculus Yakshi Chugh20 Sept 2024 5:36 PM ISTObserving that a mere error in judgment in the diagnosis of ailment cannot be termed medical negligence, the Gujarat High Court recently dismissed a...
NCDRC holds compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh against nursing home for negligence Dr. Garima Soni9 Sept 2024 5:03 PM ISTHolding a Nursing Home liable for deficiency in service due to lapses in the treatment of a patient who died while undergoing gall bladder surgery,...
Eye injury due to dengue fever, not delay by ophthalmologist: Delhi Hospital gets NCDRC relief in medical negligence case Yakshi Chugh27 Aug 2024 5:46 PM ISTReiterating the observations made by the Supreme Court, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently clarified that a simple...
Patient died due to medical negligence during blood transfusion: Hospital, 3 doctors directed to pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation Yakshi Chugh5 Aug 2024 5:41 PM ISTThe District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Coimbatore recently directed a hospital and three doctors to pay Rs 20 lakh as...
Hospital ordered to pay Rs 8 lakh compensation for negligence causing muscle damage Bhavika Dusane29 July 2024 5:50 PM ISTComing down heavily on a private hospital in Sonarpur, located on the southern outskirts of the city, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment...
Bengaluru hospital, doctors directed to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation for leaving needle in patient abdomen Bhavika Dusane27 July 2024 5:00 PM ISTThe State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Karnataka, recently directed a Bengaluru-based hospital and its two doctors to pay Rs 5 lakh...
