Every inpatient fall cannot be considered result of malpractice unless caused by medical negligence: Commission absolves Indraprastha Apollo Hospital Roshni Dhar22 Aug 2023 1:00 PM ISTHolding that every fall cannot be considered a result of malpractice unless it was caused by medical negligence, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes...
Forceps allegedly left in patient's stomach after cesarian delivery Roshni Dhar19 Aug 2023 6:39 PM ISTIn an alleged case of medical negligence, an internal committee has been constituted to investigate the complaint of a woman who alleged that a senior...
PG medical admissions: SC extends deadline to October 10 Roshni Dhar18 Aug 2023 5:46 PM ISTWhile considering the plea by the National Medical Commission seeking an extension of the admission deadline in respect of the post-graduate medical...
Time schedule for medical courses mandatory, binding on all, no dilution is permissible: Delhi High Court Roshni Dhar18 Aug 2023 4:48 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court recently observed that the time schedule and its sanctity to medical courses has unequivocally been held to be mandatory and...
Patient persuaded to opt for Titanium implant instead of steel implant: Fine of Rs 80 lakh slapped on orthopaedic doctor, hospital Roshni Dhar8 Aug 2023 5:38 PM ISTAn attending orthopaedic doctor at VIMSAR, a doctor and a private nursing home has been held guilty of medical negligence by the District Consumer...
Only NMC has power to punish doctors for misconduct, not even courts: SC Roshni Dhar1 Aug 2023 5:15 PM ISTHolding that a doctor's license cannot be suspended as a penalty in contempt proceedings, the Supreme Court bench on Friday observed that the power to...
Consumer Court relief to Lok Nayak Hospital, Doctor; imposes Rs 10,000 cost on patient Roshni Dhar25 July 2023 5:20 PM ISTHolding that false allegations and unsubstantiated claims amount to frivolous and vexatious litigation, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal...
Hospital vicariously liable for acts of doctor: NCDRC upholds medical negligence, orders Rs. 18 lakh compensation Roshni Dhar20 July 2023 5:19 PM ISTUpholding the observation that the relationship of Hospital and operating doctor being that of master and servant, for the acts of servant, master is...
NCDRC absolves UP Hospital, Cardiac Surgeon in medical negligence case Isra Zaman4 July 2023 3:23 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has absolved an Uttar Pradesh-based hospital and an ex-chief cardiac surgeon held guilty...
Surgeon not liable for recurrence of HCC in transplanted liver: Rs 5 crore relief to Medanta, its doctor in medical negligence case Roshni Dhar28 Jun 2023 2:49 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has exonerated a Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Medanta Institute of Liver...
NCDRC absolves Fortis Hospital Delhi from charges of alleged medical negligence Roshni Dhar24 Jun 2023 4:46 PM ISTHolding that it should be borne in mind that 'no cure is no negligence', the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has absolved...
Relief to Medanta, NCDRC dismisses Rs 10 crore medical negligence case filed by former CJI family Roshni Dhar17 Jun 2023 3:20 PM ISTIn a major respite to Medanta Hospital, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Bhardwaj Nursing and Maternity Home and its doctors embroiled in a decade long...
