NCDRC warns of Stern Penalty on frivolous complaints against Doctors, dismisses Rs 1.25 crore compensation plea with Costs Meghna A Singhania3 Oct 2019 2:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Taking note of many complainants who try to misuse the Consumer Protection Act - accuse doctors of medical negligence and claim...
Homeopathy Practitioners have no Authority to Administer Allopathic Medicines: NCDRC while slapping Rs 10 lakh compensation Meghna A Singhania14 July 2019 2:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Holding that homeopathy practitioners have no authority to administer allopathic medicines, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal...
Delay in Appendix surgery leading to death: NCDRC asks WB hosp, doctor to pay Rs 3.4 lakh Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Jun 2019 4:20 PM ISTNew Delhi:Â Apex consumer commission NCDRC has directed a hospital in West Bengal and its doctor to pay Rs 3.4 lakh as compensation to the family of a...
Doctor Vicariously liable for acts of his team: NCDRC directs Rs 16 lakh compensation for Wrongly administered injection Garima1 Jun 2019 5:55 PM ISTÂ New Delhi: A doctor is "vicariously liable" for his team which assists him in rendering treatment, the apex consumer commission has said while...
Wrong Diagnosis not Medical Negligence: Supreme Court junks Medical negligence claim Shagufta Perween Perween27 Feb 2019 12:49 PM ISTWe appreciate the pain of the appellant, but then, that by itself cannot be a cause for awarding damages for the passing away of his wife. We have...
Lack of Preoperative ECG: NCDRC directs 3 doctors to pay Rs 2.7 lakh Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Feb 2019 4:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Lack of ECG and assessment of the cardiac condition of the patient before the operation as well as lack of proper documentation in CPR...
Medical Negligence- Supreme Court overturns NCDRC decision, directs hospital to pay Rs 15 lakh compensation Shagufta Perween Perween17 Feb 2019 8:13 PM ISTBhopal: Holding negligence on the part of doctors and overturning the decision of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the Supreme...
Billing for treatment not rendered: Doctor told to pay Rs 3 lakh compensation to patient Medical Dialogues Bureau2 Feb 2019 5:10 PM ISTThe tribunal said the doctor was not only "negligent" in treating the patient but had also wrongly billed the victim for the "treatment that was never...
Misleading Advertisements, Overcharging on Angioplasty: NCDRC fines Gurugram Hospital Medical Dialogues Bureau15 Nov 2018 12:22 PM ISTIt asked the hospital to discontinue its "deceptive" advertisement with immediate effect.New Delhi: The apex consumer commission has imposed a cost of...
Accusations of Angioplasty Patient being held hostage for Bill: NCDRC relief to Narayana Hospital Meghna A Singhania11 Nov 2018 5:36 PM ISTA recent consumer case shows how the Discount in Bill and proper documentation absolved the Hospital from allegations of Unfair Trade Practice whereby...
Anaesthesia Overdose: Doctor told to Compensate Rs 10 lakh Garima21 Oct 2018 1:47 PM ISTDelhi: Noting that the giving of anaesthesia medicine to the patient without competence in the same shows the carelessness and negligence of the...
Sealing up Belly Button During Abdominoplasty: Aesthetic Surgeon told to pay Rs 2 lakh Garima13 Oct 2018 2:49 PM ISTAhmedabad: For allegedly sealing up a patient’s belly button during abdominoplasty, the Ahmedabad District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission has...
