NCDRC exonerates 2 Apollo Hospital doctors from medical negligence charges
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Overview
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently exonerated two doctors of Apollo Hospital, Kolkata from charges of medical negligence while attending a patient who was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for metastatic ovarian cancer and died inside ICU.
Although the husband of the deceased patient had demanded a token compensation of Rs 1 against the alleged negligence and technical lapses on the part of the doctors, the top consumer court relied on the opinions expressed by WBMC, the expert Medical Board and the Supreme Court order and exonerated the doctors.
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Roshni Dhar, a Mass com graduate with a soft corner for health happenings, joined Medical Dialogues as a news anchor in 2021. Inspired by her mother who is a gynaecologist, she likes to keep herself and the world updated on the occurring in the medical field. She covers various aspects of health news for MDTV at Medical Dialogues. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
