Dismissed: Rs 30 Lakh Complaint against doctors alleging wrong diagnosis with intent to extract money Meghna A Singhania31 Dec 2017 1:26 PM ISTA compliant for Rs.30 lakhs alleging that the Doctors intention were to extract money and Breast surgery was on wrong diagnosis of Cancer, dismissed...
Doctors Cannot be held Liable for failure of IVF: NCDRC Meghna A Singhania16 Dec 2017 3:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Reiterating the principle of “No cure/ no success is not a negligence” , a recent judgement by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal...
Senior Orthopedician, Ganga Ram Hospital absolved of medical negligence Meghna A Singhania29 Oct 2017 1:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: A senior orthopedician and Delhi's Gangaram Hospital have been recently absolved in a medical negligence, with the National Consumer...
Thiopental Administration: Anaesthetist Absolved of Medcial Negligence Meghna A Singhania20 Oct 2017 12:29 PM ISTNew Delhi : In an important case concerning anaesthetists, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ( NCDRC) was recently seen absolving an...
Surgery at hospitals without ICU facilities amounts to negligence: Supreme Court Meghna A Singhania8 Sept 2017 3:50 PM ISTIn a judgement that is going to have far reaching implications for the medical world, a Supreme Court judgment has clearly implied that...
Complications in Cataract Procedure : NCDRC dismisses complaint against Centre for Sight Meghna A Singhania15 Aug 2017 8:16 PM ISTHolding that Consumer Protection Act (CPA) should not be a "halter round the neck" of doctors to make them fearful and apprehensive of taking...
Mere overwriting on Discharge summary not indication of Medical Negligence: National Commission Meghna A Singhania11 July 2017 7:42 PM IST"The overwriting on discharge summary, does not mean (on facts) that Doctors performed wrong surgery and they were Negligent, when other Medical...
LAMA Patients not entitled for compensation, hold NCDRC Ruby Khatun Khatun12 Jun 2017 3:12 PM ISTIn an interesting and important judgment in the recent case of JAIRAM SAHU V/s. CHANDULAL CHANDRAKAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL & ANR, CHHATTISGARH, the...
Demand for fast track courts in medical negligence cases savita thakur thakur31 May 2017 2:20 PM ISTKolkata: A non-governmental organisation fighting for patients` rights in India pressed for an amendment to the Consumer Protection Act for disposal...
NCDRC finds Sitaram Bhartia Hospital guilty for not taking consent, fines Rs 7 lakh Meghna A Singhania12 May 2017 4:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors MUST take consent of patient/family members before undertaking an invasive procedure during treatment, a bench of Justice Ajit...
Its the Choice of the Doctor to decide one out of two treatments available: NCDRC Meghna A Singhania15 April 2017 2:45 PM ISTIt's a choice of Doctors to choose one out of two options of Treatment...Fracture - Whether to be fixed by Plaster or by nails and screws ? Whose...
NCDRC asks Billroth Hospital to pay Rs 3 Lakh for Wrong Diagnosis and Treatment savita thakur thakur6 April 2017 3:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: The apex consumer commission has directed a hospital in Chennai to pay Rs three lakh for medical negligence which led to the death of a...
