Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Anaesthetist, Says Doctor Not Criminally Liable for Nurse's Procedural Error - Video

Granting relief to an anaesthetist, who had been booked in an alleged post-surgery complication death case due to the medication prescribed by her over the phone to the nurse, the Supreme Court recently discharged her.

The Apex Court bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale set aside the Kerala High Court order refusing to quash the medical negligence case against the anaesthetist, holding that an anaesthetist would not be held guilty under Section 304-A of the IPC, for post-surgery complication, which resulted due to the improper application of medicine to the patient by the staff nurse.

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SC quashes IPC 304 A proceedings against anaesthetist, holds doctor cannot be held criminally liable for procedural error by staff nurse