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 Ruby12 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 savita31 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 savita6 April 2017 3:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Â 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...
NO Surgery can claim 100 percent Recovery: National Commission savita1 April 2017 4:06 PM IST"No Surgery can claim 100% recovery"...,"In order to recover, the patient is expected to comply with the advice of the doctor"..Above were the two...
Not all anomalies can be detected by ultrasound-NCDRC while dismissing Rs 17 lakh complaint Meghna A Singhania30 March 2017 3:55 PM IST“Not all anomalies can be detected by ultrasound study."A case claiming Rs.17 lakhs compensation was dismissed by the National Consumer Disputes...
Advanced cardiac investigation by Doctors is not required, when ECG is normal- National Commission Meghna A Singhania28 Feb 2017 3:27 PM IST"It would be unrealistic to expect the Doctors to subject every patient coming with a complaint of chest pain to advanced cardiac investigations, when...
Sterilization operation cannot guarantee 100 percent result, hence no negligence in such cases : NCDRC Meghna A Singhania13 Feb 2017 10:48 AM IST“A Woman becoming pregnant after 4 years of Sterilisation operation, cannot be attributed as Medical Negligence, as no such operation guarantees 100%...
No negligence of Doctors in case of LAMA Patients: National Commmission Meghna A Singhania9 Feb 2017 11:01 AM ISTIn case of Patient leaving the Hospital against the Medical Advice (LAMA), no negligence can be attributed to Doctors"This was the observation made by...
Doctor directed to pay Rs 4.5L for amputating fingers without consent savita30 Nov 2016 2:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: The apex consumer commission has directed a doctor, who runs a private hospital in Rajasthan, to pay Rs 4.5 lakh to a minor boy for...
