Illegible Doctor Prescription- Deficiency in Service: NCDRC tells Forum to Reopen Ganga Ram Hospital case Medical Dialogues Bureau10 Oct 2018 2:13 PM ISTThe plea claimed that the doctor had prescribed a medicine 'Ketosteril' for her husband's kidney ailment but the pharmacist at the hospital wrongly...
Patient Data Lost : Mahajan Imaging Sues Tata Communications Meghna A Singhania4 July 2018 3:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: In probably the first of its kind case in the country, Mahajan Imaging, a premier radiology center has filed a class action complaint...
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...
Kidney, Lung Specialist Not Available: Max Hospital to pay Rs 10 Lakh Garima20 Jun 2018 4:27 PM ISTBhatinda:Â Holding the hospital guilty for not giving adequate treatment to a patient for a speciality in which they did not have a specialist...
Overcrowding, Overtime Duty of Doctors No Excuses: Delhi Hospital slapped Rs 11 lakh for Medical Negligence Garima5 Jun 2018 1:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Â Over-crowded wards and overtime duty of doctors are not excuses to justify medical negligence, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal...
When Social Media Helped Dismiss a Medico Legal Case with Claim of Rs 6 crore Meghna A Singhania21 May 2018 4:14 PM ISTA highly inflated claim of Rs.6 Crore+ was dismissed, partly thanks to Social Media that showed how Complainant is hale and hearty. The case was filed...
Delhi Hospital absolved of Medical negligence but held guilty for unfair trade practice Garima5 May 2018 8:11 PM ISTWould an airline company allow a pilot to fly its airline with several hundred passengers in absence of a pilot`s license or where a license has been...
Dismissed: 50 lakhs claim blaming that patient died due to Gangaram Doctor's illegible presciption Meghna A Singhania12 March 2018 2:14 PM ISTA Claim of Rs. 50 lakhs blaming that a patient died because Doctor's illegible handwriting lead pharmacist to give wrong medicines was recently...
Failure to refer a patient to Higher Centre: Ophthalmologist slapped Rs 4 lakh compensation Meghna A Singhania27 Jan 2018 4:48 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently upheld the decision of the state commission, imposing a compensation of Rs 4 lakh...
Uneventful Squint Surgery: Doctor cannot be held Negligent, holds NCDRC Meghna A Singhania13 Jan 2018 4:37 PM ISTA Good beginning of the year for Medicos. The apex Consumer court, in a recent judgement, was seen upholding that merely because the patient did not...
NCDRC notice to Kolkata hospital on Rs 2.3 crore plea alleging botch-up cancer diagnosis savita thakur thakur12 Jan 2018 9:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has sought the reply of a private hospital in Kolkata and one of its doctors to...
Surgery for Obesity control, may not control Diabetes- Doctors saved from Medical Negligence allegations Meghna A Singhania6 Jan 2018 12:31 PM ISTThe purpose of gastric bye-pass surgery was for the obesity i.e. reduce the body weight and not as a treatment for diabetes. The patient developed...
