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 savita12 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...
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...
