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Dream cut short: Teen cricketer dies after being run over by a pitch roller in a tragic accident at a summer camp in MaharashtraA 15-year-old aspiring cricketer tragically died after being crushed by a pitch roller at a summer camp in Maharashtra. The accident occurr...- 29-year-old techie dies after car rams into crane during roadwork in GurugramA software engineer lost his life early Saturday morning. His car collided with a crane allegedly parked without warning signs near Sikande...
- RG Kar case: West Bengal govt initiates departmental proceedings against suspended docThe West Bengal government has started departmental proceedings against Dr. Avik De. He was suspended after a rape and murder incident at R...
- Faridabad shocker: Woman delivers baby in govt hospital park without doctor or nurse under phone lightA woman delivered her baby in a government hospital park in Faridabad after the main gate was found locked and no staff responded to pleas ...
- 'Couldn't tell the difference': Florida doctor who removed wrong organ during surgery, causing patient’s death, gives bizarre reason for decisionA Florida doctor faces a manslaughter charge. He is accused of removing a patient's liver instead of his spleen. The doctor stated he was "...
- Carlos viewed 'children as toys’: Oregon woman jailed after her dog mauls neighbor's 6-Year-Old grandson to deathA 6-year-old boy, Loyalty Scott, died after being mauled by two dogs at a neighbor's home in Oregon. The neighbor, Koko Miller, was sentenc...
- BHU tragedy: Radhika Devi, 71-year-old, goes for spine tumour; doctors perform hip-replacement meant for Radhika Singh; woman diesIn a case of gross medical negligence at BHU Trauma Centre in Varanasi, a 71-year-old woman Radhika Devi was wrongly operated upon for hip ...
- After 43 years, family wins back pay and post-death benefits for employee fired for yelling at company doctorAfter a 43-year legal battle, the family of an employee fired for yelling at a company doctor has won back pay and post-death benefits. The...
- Protests in Kakinada hospital after baby’s death; sanitary worker alleged to have performed deliveryA controversy erupted in Kakinada district after a baby died at a community health centre. Family members alleged a sanitary worker perform...
- Father fights against doctor's medical negligence leading to son’s death; SC awards Rs 15 lakh compensation, holds hospital responsibleThe Supreme Court held a hospital in Andhra Pradesh liable for a patient's death due to a doctor's negligence. The case pertained to the de...
- Investigating officer should invoke protective provision under BNS in case of criminal medical negligence: IMA writes to PM ModiThe Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to protect doctors from criminal prosecution in cases of allege...
- India needs a robust system to protect doctors from bogus lawsuits & ensure accountability for negligenceIndian Medical Association (IMA) praised GoI for criminal reforms absolving medical fraternity from liability under Section 304(a) of IPC, ...
- Amit Shah announces plan to amend criminal law bill, exempting doctors from criminal prosecution in medical negligence casesThe Indian government, responding to a request from the Indian Medical Association (IMA), plans to amend the criminal law bill to exempt do...
- Even death of patient on the face of it cannot be medical negligence: Supreme CourtSupreme Court added, "the doctors are expected to take reasonable care, but no professional can assure that the patient will come back home...
- Doctor liable for acts of his team assisting in rendering treatment, says NCDRCNCDRC held the hospital and the treating doctors guilty of medical negligence and said that they were liable for the death of the three-yea...
- Doctors 'leave' scissors in woman's stomach during surgery, case bookedThe case was registered against a team of doctors on charges of causing hurt by an act of endangering life or personal safety.
- SC to examine doctors' liability for negligence in case of free treatmentsThe district consumer forum dismissed the plea on the ground that the victim was treated for free and hence the case did not come under the...
- Chhattisgarh sterilisation tragedy: Doctor gets bailBilaspur High Court granted bail to Dr R K Gupta, an accused in the Chhattisgarh sterilisation surgery case in which 12 women lost their li...
- Are large compensation payouts for medical negligence good?A Supreme Court judgement awarding record compensation payout for medical negligence in Kolkata has caused a rift in the medical fraternity.
- Hospital can't be prosecuted for medical negligence: HCIf a patient dies or suffers due to medical negligence in a hospital then its management cannot be prosecuted, the Delhi High Court has sai...
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