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Time recorded in OPD and ICU documents were different due to different watches at both these places and not tampering states hospital in defence - Need for greater care

Jawahar Lal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre & Anr. v/s Shradhanjali Maniya & Ors.
17MLCD (j131) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

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Court questions concept of 'treatment packages' if extra charges were to be levied in final bill – Failure to give brochure of ‘package’ to patient / attendants, held as deficiency of service

Managing Director, Apollo B.S.R. Hospital v/s Bishan Lal
17MLCD (j136) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

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Residents under training have to perform all interventions under the supervision of senior doctors, failure to do so is negligence of senior doctors / hospital

Shallu v/s Dayanand Medical College & Hospital & Ors.
17MLCD (j144) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

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Do all patients have to be shifted to ICU post-surgery? Supreme Court answers in negative, unless the patient is critical / complicated

Kalyani Rajan v/s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital & Ors.
17MLCD (j154) | Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

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Differences in time recorded due to different watches in OPD and ICU may not be construed adversely

- National Consumer Commission | MLCD April 2024

Failure to give a brochure of ‘treatment package’ to patient / attendants and charging extra is a deficiency of service

- National Consumer Commission | MLCD April 2024

Failure of senior doctors to supervise their residents when performing interventions is negligence

- National Consumer Commission | MLCD April 2024

Failure to shift patients to ICU immediately after surgery need not always be negligence

- Supreme Court | MLCD April 2024

Just Published | April 2024

Time recorded in OPD and ICU documents were different due to different watches at both these places and not tampering states hospital in defence - Need for greater care

Court questions concept of 'treatment packages' if extra charges were to be levied in final bill – Failure to give brochure of ‘package’ to patient / attendants, held as deficiency of service

Residents under training have to perform all interventions under the supervision of senior doctors, failure to do so is negligence of senior doctors / hospital

Do all patients have to be shifted to ICU post-surgery? Supreme Court answers in negative, unless the patient is critical / complicated

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Doctor provides his own and his wife’s mobile number for emergencies, but mobile was switched off when contacted - Deficiency of service observes court

Patient signs a consent but that surgery gets postponed for 2 days due to medical reasons - Old consent is valid holds National Consumer Commission

Surgeon who assisted the principal surgeon also held liable – “As a surgeon he has duty towards the patient and decision making” observes National Consumer Commission

Initial consent is sufficient for invasive procedures such as inserting Central Venous Line / Ryles Tube during emergencies – National Consumer Commission

Delhi High Court directs government to frame national medical protocols for aesthetic surgeries / hair transplant procedures

Private criminal complaint against doctors in case of medical negligence cannot proceed without expert opinion holds Supreme Court

'Masterly inactivity' a known percept in medicine often misconstrued by patient / attendants as well as courts – Greater care / caution required

Patient declared 'not fit for surgery' as he was weak and could not bear anaesthesia - Nothing wrong holds court

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PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

Differences in time recorded due to different watches in OPD and ICU may not be construed adversely

- National Consumer Commission | MLCD April 2024

Failure to give a brochure of ‘treatment package’ to patient / attendants and charging extra is a deficiency of service

- National Consumer Commission | MLCD April 2024

Failure of senior doctors to supervise their residents when performing interventions is negligence

- National Consumer Commission | MLCD April 2024

Failure to shift patients to ICU immediately after surgery need not always be negligence

- Supreme Court | MLCD April 2024

Just Published | April 2024

Time recorded in OPD and ICU documents were different due to different watches at both these places and not tampering states hospital in defence - Need for greater care

Court questions concept of 'treatment packages' if extra charges were to be levied in final bill – Failure to give brochure of ‘package’ to patient / attendants, held as deficiency of service

Residents under training have to perform all interventions under the supervision of senior doctors, failure to do so is negligence of senior doctors / hospital

Do all patients have to be shifted to ICU post-surgery? Supreme Court answers in negative, unless the patient is critical / complicated

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Doctor provides his own and his wife’s mobile number for emergencies, but mobile was switched off when contacted - Deficiency of service observes court

Patient signs a consent but that surgery gets postponed for 2 days due to medical reasons - Old consent is valid holds National Consumer Commission

Surgeon who assisted the principal surgeon also held liable – “As a surgeon he has duty towards the patient and decision making” observes National Consumer Commission

Initial consent is sufficient for invasive procedures such as inserting Central Venous Line / Ryles Tube during emergencies – National Consumer Commission

Delhi High Court directs government to frame national medical protocols for aesthetic surgeries / hair transplant procedures

Private criminal complaint against doctors in case of medical negligence cannot proceed without expert opinion holds Supreme Court

'Masterly inactivity' a known percept in medicine often misconstrued by patient / attendants as well as courts – Greater care / caution required

Patient declared 'not fit for surgery' as he was weak and could not bear anaesthesia - Nothing wrong holds court

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