TN Hospital, doctor slapped compensation for forcing patient to buy medicine from in-house pharmacy Preksha garg12 Dec 2023 4:54 PM ISTHolding a Tirunelveli-based hospital and its attending doctor guilty of unfair trade practices and services deficiencies, the Circuit Bench of the...
Cloudnine Hospital runs mock drill on child abduction, slapped Rs 2 lakh compensation Anshika Mishra11 Dec 2023 5:28 PM ISTHolding Cloud Nine Hospital accountable for causing distress to a family due to an unannounced mock drill for child abduction soon after the birth of...
NCDRC upholds order of Rs 20 lakh compensation on hospital, doctors for deficiency in service Roshni Dhar10 Dec 2023 10:28 AM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently upheld the order of Maharashtra State Commission, which had directed a private...
MCI punishments cannot be an indicator to decide any faults: Delhi HC Roshni Dhar5 Dec 2023 3:47 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court has recently observed that the MCI (now National Medical Commission- NMC) award of punishment cannot be an indicator to decide...
18 ICU patient deaths due to lack of oxygen: Hospital held guilty of administrative negligence Roshni Dhar3 Dec 2023 4:23 PM ISTMore than seven years after 18 ICU patients of MIOT Hospital died due to lack of oxygen, the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission...
Cannot infringe Apollo's trademark: Bihar doctor tries to run 'New Appolo Hospital', pulled up by HC Roshni Dhar29 Nov 2023 4:07 PM ISTThe Madras High Court bench recently observed that the trademark "Apollo" was a well-known trademark in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector and...
Medical practitioner performing Two Finger Test will be guilty of misconduct Roshni Dhar27 Nov 2023 1:04 PM ISTReiterating the fact that the Supreme Court has banned the Two-Finger Test, the Madras High Court has recently stated that the medical practitioners...
Quarantine period during COVID duty part of medical students' bond service: Madras HC Roshni Dhar2 Nov 2023 2:50 PM ISTIn a significant ruling, the Madras High Court has observed that the quarantine period for postgraduate medical students engaged in Covid duty will be...
Post-surgery complications lead to organ loss: Commission relief to doctors on medical negligence charges Roshni Dhar31 Oct 2023 4:04 PM ISTEmphasizing the limited scope of revisional jurisdiction and finding no jurisdictional errors in their decisions, the National Consumer Disputes...
SC relief to Nagpur Hospital, ICU In-Charge, Radiologist, ENT Surgeon Roshni Dhar28 Oct 2023 4:04 PM ISTNoting that just because a doctor opts for a particular line of treatment but does not achieve the desired result, they cannot be held liable for...
Bladder injury caused by Suprapubic Catheterization done by Junior Resident: Hospital, Surgeon slapped compensation Roshni Dhar25 Oct 2023 5:16 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has upheld the decision of District Forum holding a Ludhiana Hospital vicariously liable...
Loss of eyesight loss after premature delivery: NCDRC exonerates Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, 2 doctors Roshni Dhar18 Oct 2023 3:01 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently exonerated Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College and two of its doctors in the...
