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...
Calcutta HC seeks explanation of doctors who carried out medical termination of pregnancy of rape victim Roshni Dhar6 Feb 2024 5:32 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court has sought an explanation from a team of doctors, who performed the medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) of a 23 weeks...
SC directs doctor to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation for medical negligence leading to vision loss Roshni Dhar1 Feb 2024 5:20 PM ISTThe Supreme Court recently directed a Haryana-based doctor to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation for medical negligence leading to the vision loss in the left...
NCDRC slaps Rs 25 lakh compensation on Kolkata doctor, private nursing home for medical negligence Anshika Mishra31 Jan 2024 4:51 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently slapped Rs 25 Lakh Compensation on a Kolkata-based doctor and private nursing...
Open surgery instead of laparoscopic surgery: NCDRC directs Haryana doctor to pay Rs 8 lakh compensation Anshika Mishra29 Jan 2024 5:49 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently directed a Haryana-based doctor to pay Rs 8 lakh compensation to the family of a...
Himachal HC slams doctors for performing 2-finger test on rape victim Roshni Dhar18 Jan 2024 5:27 PM ISTNoting that the doctors at the Palampur Civil Hospital conducted the banned two-finger test on a minor rape victim, the Himachal Pradesh High Court...
Patient slapped compensation for dragging psychiatrist to Consumer Court with malicious complaint Roshni Dhar17 Jan 2024 6:00 PM ISTThe District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Palakkad recently dismissed a consumer complaint against a psychiatrist, accused of...
HC overturns NMC decision on MBBS eligibility for FMGs without mandatory english Anshika Mishra17 Jan 2024 3:13 PM ISTThe Madras High Court bench recently granted relief to a foreign medical graduate, who was denied an eligibility certificate by the National Medical...
Rs 20 lakh compensation relief to Delhi Hospital accused of negligence in performing tubectomy Anshika Mishra17 Jan 2024 12:17 PM ISTReiterating the Apex Court's ruling that the methods of sterilization so far known to the medical science are not 100% safe and secure, the District...
Failure to diagnose Hepatitis E: Consumer Court exonerates doctor, hospital Anshika Mishra15 Jan 2024 5:41 PM ISTThe District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-III, Hyderabad recently exonerated a doctor and private hospital accused of negligence while...
Treatment of patient based on telephonic advice from doctor constitutes negligence, opines NCDRC Roshni Dhar1 Jan 2024 5:20 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently opined that treating a patient on the basis of telephone advice of a doctor,...
WBCERC has no authority to adjudicate medical negligence cases: Calcutta HC Roshni Dhar30 Dec 2023 5:48 PM ISTIn a major decision, the Calcutta High Court bench has clearly iterated that matters concerning the issues of medical negligence cannot be adjudicated...
