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...
High-risk Surgery without ICU: NCDRC orders Rs 20 lakh Compensation on hospital, doctors Barsha Misra8 Dec 2023 4:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently upheld the order of Maharashtra State Commission, which had...
Suspected Ectopic Pregnancy admitted under Surgeon rather than gynecologist: Fortis slapped Rs 10 lakh for negligence Barsha Misra7 Dec 2023 3:17 PM ISTKolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has slapped Rs 10 lakh compensation each on Fortis Hospital and...
Chandigarh Consumer Court slapped compensation for denying CABG operation during COVID-19 pandemic Barsha Misra6 Dec 2023 4:24 PM ISTChandigarh: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) recently directed a Mohali-based super-specialty hospital to refund Rs...
MCI punishments cannot be an indicator to decide any fault, imperfection, shortcoming, or inadequacy of doctors: Delhi HC Barsha Misra3 Dec 2023 3:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the MCI (now National Medical Commission- NMC) award of punishment cannot be an...
Doctors facing unnecessary humiliation due to Delayed Medical Negligence Probe: Kerala HC directs Time-Bound Immediate Investigation Barsha Misra2 Dec 2023 4:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pointing out that innocent doctors might have to face unnecessary humiliation if investigation gets delayed, the Kerala High Court on...
18 ICU Patient deaths Due to Lack of Oxygen: Hospital held guilty of administrative negligence, slapped Rs 20 lakh compensation Barsha Misra1 Dec 2023 1:13 PM ISTChennai: More than seven years after 18 ICU patients of MIOT Hospital died due to lack of oxygen, the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes...
No Medical Negligence: Kerala HC Denies Granting Compensation to patient who Delivered 5th Child Despite Post-Partum Sterilization Barsha Misra30 Nov 2023 6:27 PM ISTErnakulam: Refusing compensation to a 39-year-old woman, who got pregnant and gave birth to a fifth child even after undergoing a family planning...
