Delay in C-Section results in death of patient, newborn: Hospital, Doctors directed to pay Rs 43 lakh compensation Roshni Dhar19 March 2024 6:00 PM ISTThe State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently directed a private hospital, its gynaecologist and anaesthetist to pay Rs 43 lakh as...
Madhya Pradesh HC grants relief to doctor, says doctors accused of medical negligence cannot be prosecuted without expert committee report Anshika Mishra18 March 2024 5:40 PM ISTReferring to the Supreme Court order in the case of Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab & Anr., the Madhya Pradesh High Court recently reiterated that...
Medical Council report on medical negligence not above order of Consumer court, Supreme Court upholds Rs 9 Lakh compensation on Ophthalmologist Roshni Dhar13 March 2024 5:44 PM ISTThe Supreme Court bench recently observed that in a case of medical negligence, a report by the Medical Council, while relevant, cannot be...
Registration of hospitals can't be cancelled under PC PNDT Act unless appropriate authority deems it necessary in public interest: SC Roshni Dhar11 March 2024 6:14 PM ISTDelivering an interpretation of the powers vested in the appropriate authorities under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques...
ENT surgeon, Hospital directed to pay compensation for vision loss after nasal surgery Anshika Mishra9 March 2024 10:44 AM ISTThe State Consumer Court, Kerala recently directed an ENT surgeon and a private hospital in Alappuzha to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation for the loss of...
Rs 5 lakh compensation slapped on Fortis Hospital, Gastroenterologist for negligence, deficiency in service during Choledocholithiasis treatment Anshika Mishra5 March 2024 2:16 PM ISTHolding Fortis Hospital and its Gastroenterologist guilty of gross negligence, dereliction of duty and deficiency of service while providing treatment...
Consumer Court absolves Max Hospital, Cardio-Diabetologist of medical negligence over alleged delay in treatment Roshni Dhar2 March 2024 6:27 PM ISTThe Delhi state consumer disputes redressal commission has absolved Max Super Speciality Hospital, a senior consultant physician &...
Attendant dips newborn in hot water: Consumer Court holds medical negligence, slaps Rs 10 lakh compensation Anshika Mishra24 Feb 2024 6:00 PM ISTHolding a Hubballi-based private hospital and its doctors guilty of medical negligence while taking care of a newborn baby, the District Consumer...
SC directs Manipal Hospital to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for faulty intubation during anaesthesia Anshika Mishra21 Feb 2024 4:43 PM ISTThe Supreme Court recently directed Manipal Hospital to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to the widow of a patient who developed hoarseness in his voice as...
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital calls compensation order of Delhi Consumer Court surprising Roshni Dhar17 Feb 2024 5:30 PM ISTDefending itself against the recent order by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which ordered it to pay compensation for medical...
Surgeon, nursing slapped compensation for removing minor patient's left ovary without proper assessment Anshika Mishra12 Feb 2024 5:44 PM ISTThe Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissed a surgeon's appeal challenging a District Commission's order. The District...
What is meant by gross medical negligence? Doctors urges Govt to clarify Roshni Dhar7 Feb 2024 5:42 PM ISTHighlighting that medical professionals are constrained to take a calibrated risk often which makes it "difficult to define gross negligence", the...
