Couple awarded compensation 6 years after newborn death Pooja29 Jan 2016 11:11 AM ISTA compensation may not settle their grief, however, a couple based in Karnataka has been granted justice after the consumer court granted then a...
Hospital acquired infections and untrained staff may land you in Trouble Rohit4 Jan 2016 12:00 PM ISTHello !! With the following judgement, I Wish you all a very happy, prosperous and Litigation free { smile emoticon } new year ahead !!!While negating...
Mumbai: NHRC to publicly hear medical negligence cases Meghna A Singhania3 Jan 2016 4:20 PM ISTMumbai: In the first ever instance of National Human Rights Commission giving public hearing to medical negligence cases against both government and...
Bengal worst in healthcare: People for Better Treatment savita31 Dec 2015 2:08 PM ISTKolkata: Expressing alarm over the increasing incidents of medical negligence in West Bengal, People for Better Treatment (PBT), an organisation...
Odisha: Court orders compensation to botched-up tubectomy patient savita18 Dec 2015 12:09 PM ISTOdisha: Two decades after a botched-up tubectomy resulting in unwanted pregnancy, financial burden and mental agony, a Kendrapara court has directed...
A Doctor is saved because of proper documentation !!! Rohit9 Dec 2015 11:48 AM IST“When a patient dies or suffers some mishap, there is a tendency to blame the doctor for this. Things have gone wrong and, therefore, somebody must be...
Court orders Rs 1cr plus compensation for Negligence in baby's birth Rohit2 Dec 2015 11:46 AM ISTA baby born with birth defects because of Negligence, costed The Doctor and Hospital a hefty compensation of Rs. 1 Crore +...The National Commission...
Is the discharge summary right? Dr R K24 Nov 2015 11:35 AM ISTQuery- I would like to know your opinion about the right practice if a patient got discharged at request or against medical advice. 1.Do we need to...
Tripura surgeon fined Rs.2 lakh for laxity in operation Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:04 PM ISTAgartala : A Tripura consumer disputes redressal forum has imposed a Rs.2-lakh fine on a senior surgeon for laxity in an operation nine years ago, a...
Saving Patient life is important than Improvement of Patient Vision Rohit18 Nov 2015 2:54 PM ISTTo save the life of patient was more important, rather than the improvement of vision of the patient – observed the National Commission and relieved...
Medico-Legal Tip of the day-16th Nov 2015 Dr R K16 Nov 2015 10:59 AM IST  Query- what we should do if a patient has been sent for a procedure and asked to get readmitted once the procedure is over and patient does...
Assam professor dies in Delhi Hospital. Family alleges medical negligence Meghna A Singhania8 Nov 2015 11:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: Police complaints have been filed against two private hospitals in Delhi after a 36-year-old woman academician from Assam died of blood...
