Newborn's skin peels after being dipped in hot water: Consumer Court holds medical negligence, slaps Rs 10 lakh compensation Barsha Misra23 Feb 2024 6:41 PM ISTDharwad: Holding a Hubballi-based private hospital and its doctors guilty of medical negligence while taking care of a newborn baby, the District...
HC Allows Delhi Govt to Take Over UCMS from DU Barsha Misra23 Feb 2024 1:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: Vacating an Interim Order dating back to 2016, the Delhi High Court has now paved the way for the Delhi Government to take over the...
Faulty intubation during anaesthesia: SC slaps Rs 10 lakh compensation on Manipal Hospital Barsha Misra20 Feb 2024 5:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court recently directed Manipal Hospital to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to the widow of a patient who developed hoarseness...
Medical Negligence Versus Legal Negligence: Why can't lawyers come under consumer law if Doctors can? SC asks Sanchari Chattopadhyay19 Feb 2024 1:31 PM ISTDelhi: In a significant legal debate, the Supreme Court initiated discussions on Wednesday regarding the applicability of the Consumer Protection Act,...
HC relief to MBBS aspirant, holds Medical College cannot Retain Fees If Student Resigns From Allotment Made In First Counselling Itself Farhat Nasim19 Feb 2024 11:00 AM ISTAllahabad: Noting that fees deposited by a student at the time of counselling is as a quid pro quo for studies imparted to such student, the Allahabad...
Not carrying out pre-operative investigations amounts to gross negligence: Consumer Court slaps Rs 10 lakh compensation Farhat Nasim18 Feb 2024 8:21 PM ISTMadurai: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Madurai has directed a hospital to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation holding it vicariously...
SC Grants Relief to Doctor for Storing Small Quantity Medicines without Licence, Says Does Not Endanger Public Interest Barsha Misra16 Feb 2024 4:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court recently granted relief to a doctor by setting aside a two-year jail term imposed on him for storing certain...
Consumer Court disregards medical council order, slaps compensation on Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for medical negligence Barsha Misra12 Feb 2024 6:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Delhi recently held Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and its five doctors guilty of medical...
Minor patient's Left ovary, tube removed without necessary preliminary tests: Surgeon, nursing home slapped compensation Farhat Nasim11 Feb 2024 6:24 PM ISTHyderabad: The Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissed a surgeon's appeal challenging a District Commission's order. The...
Doctor did the right thing! HC drops case against doctor who performed MTP On Rape Survivor Without Court Order Barsha Misra10 Feb 2024 9:30 AM ISTKolkata: After considering the report filed by the doctor, who conducted Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) on a rape survivor without any...
Wrong diagnosis or error cannot amount to medical negligence: Consumer Forum absolves Pediatrician Farhat Nasim5 Feb 2024 6:15 PM ISTMumbai: Noting that to establish liability on the medical practitioner it must be shown by positive evidence, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal...
Kolkata Doctors land in soup for performing MTP on rape survivor without court order Barsha Misra5 Feb 2024 9:30 AM ISTKolkata: The Calcutta High Court has sought an explanation from a team of doctors, who performed the medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) of a...
