Negligence: Gujarat Medical Council suspends doctor for three months Adity Saha24 Dec 2023 8:00 PM ISTAhmedabad: Taking action against a Surat-based doctor from Guru Nanak Hospital, the Gujarat Medical Council (GMC) has suspended his licence for...
Criminality of Medical Negligence Explained: Where doctors stand and what lies in future Barsha Misra22 Dec 2023 3:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ever since Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that he would decriminalise medical negligence, the medical fraternity has been...
Apollo Hospital Held Liable for Not Disclosing Treatment Cost, Directed Rs 13 lakh compensation Barsha Misra22 Dec 2023 11:30 AM ISTCuttack: Opining that not disclosing the quantum of money required for treatment on the part of the hospital amounts to unfair trade, the...
Time of Doctors Extremely Valuable: Kerala HC Directs to Summon Witness Doctors only Through Video Conference Barsha Misra21 Dec 2023 11:30 AM ISTErnakulam: Reiterating that doctors' time is very valuable, the Kerala High Court has issued directions to all judicial officers to be cautious...
Breaking News: Home Minister Amit Shah Promises to Decriminalize Medical Negligence deaths Barsha Misra20 Dec 2023 5:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an unprecedented move, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised in the Parliament to decriminalise deaths due to medical...
Doctors cannot be blamed for consequences of pre-existing conditions: Consumer Court Relief to Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital Barsha Misra18 Dec 2023 6:35 PM ISTChennai: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chennai (North), recently exonerated an Orthopaedic surgeon and a hospital from...
Anaesthetist Alleges Wrongful Removal of Kidney, Consumer Court junks plea Barsha Misra17 Dec 2023 5:15 PM ISTSurat: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Bharuch recently turned down the plea for compensation by a doctor, who...
Can't reject Medical Reimbursement Claim only because patient was treated in a non-network hospital: Madras HC Barsha Misra17 Dec 2023 4:22 PM ISTMadurai: The Madurai bench of Madras High Court recently reiterated that a claim for medical reimbursement cannot be rejected merely because the...
Too much to expect from a Doctor to remain on the bedside of a patient throughout in the hospital: HC comes to rescue of Gynaecologist, doctors, nurses Barsha Misra15 Dec 2023 4:19 PM ISTShimla: Reiterating that doctors cannot be held negligence merely because things went wrong, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh recently set...
Delay in treatment of cancer patient leading to death: GTB Hospital, doctors held negligent, slapped Rs 5 lakh compensation Farhat Nasim14 Dec 2023 6:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Noting that the apathetic approach of the hospital and its doctors towards the gravity of the ailment raises a presumption as regards to...
Forcing Patient to buy Medicine from in-house pharmacy, Charging more than MRP: TN Hospital, Doctor slapped compensation Barsha Misra11 Dec 2023 5:23 PM ISTMadurai: Holding a Tirunelveli-based hospital and its attending doctor guilty of unfair trade practices and services deficiencies, the Circuit...
Code Pink Gone Wrong: Cloudnine Hospital runs mock drill on Child abduction, Slapped Rs 2 lakh compensation Farhat Nasim10 Dec 2023 12:00 PM ISTGurugram: Holding Cloud Nine Hospital accountable for causing distress to a family due to an unannounced mock drill for child abduction soon after the...
