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Black thread was already tied at the proximal end of snake bite victim...
03 Oct, 2024
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Patient self-extubating in ICU? Court questions standard of care expec...
19 Sep, 2024
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Patient’s ‘restless nature’ reason for IV displacement says hospital –...
05 Sep, 2024
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Exhausted ‘memory capacity’ of computer’s hard drive cited as the reas...
15 Aug, 2024
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Court expresses need for uniform angiography reporting in the interest...
01 Aug, 2024
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Patient develops malaria during hospitalisation, post-cardiac surgery ...
18 Jul, 2024
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Failure to explain the rationale behind not hospitalising / monitoring...
04 Jul, 2024
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Reporting terminal ailments - Merely stating “advised to correlate the...
20 Jun, 2024
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Court holds surgeon not negligent, but hospital negligent for the post...
06 Jun, 2024
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Court appreciates gynaecologist for taking opinion of more experienced...
16 May, 2024
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Court accepts doctors need to upgrade their skills - Attending confere...
09 May, 2024
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In this atmosphere of distrust, how does a doctor prove that a key-hol...
25 Apr, 2024
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Stabilizing a critical patient and not shifting to higher centre is no...
11 Apr, 2024
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Hospitalizing patients under a team of doctors - Need for clearer prot...
28 Mar, 2024
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Failure to keep blood ready / on standby for patient with rare blood g...
14 Mar, 2024
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‘Expected Complications’ – Whether or not steps were taken to prevent,...
29 Feb, 2024
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Patient consulted too many doctors and visited too many hospitals, obs...
15 Feb, 2024
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Simple laparoscopy took 5.30 hours! Court’s suspicion about what went ...
01 Feb, 2024
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Hospital is liable for the quality of implants purchased under it’s na...
18 Jan, 2024
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Doctor & hospital had indemnity cover of 5 lakhs each but court awards...
04 Jan, 2024
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Is recurrence of kidney stone 2 years after surgical removal negligenc...
21 Dec, 2023
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Anaesthetist records irrelevant facts that are not normally mentioned ...
07 Dec, 2023
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Surgical patient admitted in a medical ward and also left unattended -...
23 Nov, 2023
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Patient or attendant is nobody to question or dictate terms of treatme...
09 Nov, 2023
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The importance of recording consent. Court refuses patient’s claim abo...
26 Oct, 2023
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Signs of appendicitis absent on operating table! What do doctors do to...
12 Oct, 2023
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Noting wrong name of patient in medical records, doctor’s ‘gross mista...
21 Sep, 2023
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Court holds doctor negligent for being absent after admission and trea...
07 Sep, 2023
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Doctor can’t be held negligent for missing an anomaly caused due to ge...
24 Aug, 2023
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Court holds surgeon negligent for not following medical text and missi...
10 Aug, 2023
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Court gives doctor chance to redeem himself in a case of obvious negli...
27 Jul, 2023
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Not referring to a higher facility but managing an emergency patient -...
13 Jul, 2023
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Principal surgeon performs surgery, patient dies. Assisting surgeon al...
29 Jun, 2023
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Possibility of post-anesthesia complications? Nothing wrong in declari...
15 Jun, 2023
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