IPC section 420: Doctor Accused of Negligence files Plea to Set aside Case against him Garima23 July 2018 11:37 AM ISTChandigarh: A medical practitioner booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) following medical negligence case has now...
Protecting Doctors against Unjust Prosecution: Medical Council Of India Approves Guidelines Meghna A Singhania22 July 2018 6:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: With the rising medical negligence cases against medical practitioners, doctors (surgeons and physicians) being subjected to criminal...
A Complaint claiming Rs40 lakhs alleging that Complainant was not informed of diagnosis-dismissed. Meghna A Singhania20 July 2018 2:53 PM IST"The mere fact that a patient dies in a hospital does not lead to the presumption that the death occurred due to the negligence of the doctor and in...
Anti-Rabies Vaccine: Govt hospital to pay Rs 19 lakh over Negligence Garima15 July 2018 9:01 AM ISTWest Bengal: Quoting the Supreme Court’s observation that says “a free service would also be a service and the recipient a consumer”, a consumer court...
Improper Consent for Cardiology Procedures: Batra Hospital told to pay Rs 10 lakh Compensation Garima11 July 2018 3:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Observing that the patient was not enlightened about the risks and complications of the cardiology procedures that were performed on him;...
Viral Video: Class 8th pass Operating on Patient Garima4 July 2018 11:24 AM ISTShamli: In a shocking video that went viral on social media, a Class 8th student can be seen operating a patient at a private hospital in Uttar...
10 years Jail time for Assaulting Doctors: Kolkata Police Garima30 Jun 2018 4:24 PM ISTKolkata: To curb the growing practice of doctor bashing, the Kolkata police recently came out in support of medical practitioners openly declaring...
Splenectomy Without Written Consent: Doctor told to Compensate Rs 2.25 lakh to Patient Garima28 Jun 2018 9:35 AM ISTMadurai: Holding medical negligence in removal of the spleen of a patient, the Madurai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed a doctor...
Ganga Ram Hospital accused of declaring alive patient Dead Garima26 Jun 2018 3:46 PM ISTDelhi: In a severe allegation against a premier multi-speciality hospital in the city, a patient’s family alleged that the man declared dead by...
Sangli medical superintendent orders probe into declaring 'alive' man as 'dead Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Jun 2018 9:42 AM ISTSangli, Maharashtra: Sangli Civil Hospital's Medical Superintendent on Thursday constituted a four-doctor committee to inquiry into a incident in...
Oops: Patient alive but dead body handed to kin at Maharashtra Hospital Medical Dialogues Bureau21 Jun 2018 10:08 PM ISTSangli: When a government hospital in Maharashtra informed family members of a 50-year-old patient of his death and handed them his body, they were...
Kidney, Lung Specialist Not Available: Max Hospital to pay Rs 10 Lakh Garima20 Jun 2018 4:27 PM ISTBhatinda: Holding the hospital guilty for not giving adequate treatment to a patient for a speciality in which they did not have a specialist...
