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MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE COMPLAINTS
Dead insect in biriyani: Restaurant ordered to pay Rs 10,000 compensation and serve diner 2 fresh biriyani plates every Sunday for next 5 weeksA man in Puducherry received Rs 10,000 in compensation and Rs 3,000 for legal expenses after finding a dead insect in his biriyani. The con...
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...
Golden Retriever suffocates to death in car as owner spends hours at Goa casino, dog attempted to chew vehicle mat trying to surviveA Golden Retriever died tragically from heat and suffocation inside a locked car in Panaji after its owner spent more than four hours at a ...
UP CM Yogi at Janata Darshan orders time-bound action on grievances, warns against land grabsYogi Adityanath held a “Janata Darshan” in Gorakhpur, where he heard grievances of around 200 people and directed officials to resolve issu...
National Medical Commission rules allow complaints against doctors: GovtThe National Medical Commission (NMC) faces criticism for allegedly rejecting patient appeals, despite existing regulations allowing them. ...
Private hospital ordered to pay Rs 34 lakh compensation for delaying ICU treatment over consentWockhardt Hospitals in Nashik must pay ₹34 lakh to the father of a deceased patient. The consumer commission found the hospital negligent f...
37-year-old Kanpur techie dies after hair transplant surgeryVineet Kumar Dubey, an engineer, died after a hair transplant in Kanpur. His wife, Jaya Tripathi, filed a police complaint. She alleged med...
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...
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, ...
UP doctors suspended due to unethical activities, complaint of negligenceTwo doctors have been dismissed and suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government following accusations of black marketing and unethical activi...
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...
Maharashtra forming expert cell to protect doctors against complaints by patients' kin: Govt tells HCState Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni that the cell will compris...
HC suggests Maha consider forming cell of well-trained cops to deal with complaints of medical negligenceThe court was hearing a bunch of PILs on management of resources related to COVID-19, and another on rising instances of attacks on doctors...
Hospital has right to insist on payment but prime duty is to take care of patient: NCDRCA bench of presiding member S M Kantikar and Dinesh Singh awarded the compensation to the deceased patient's wife Yashumati Devi noting tha...
Over 3,000 US employees file class action suit against CognizantThis is a fallout of Cognizant’s announcement in October that about 6,000 of its employees in the content moderation business for Facebook ...
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...
Service of nurse who severed infant's thumb should be terminated: Mamata BanerjeeBanerjee's statement comes a day after a nurse severed the thumb of an eight-day-old boy at a government hospital in north Bengal's Balurgh...
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...
- Record Rs 1.73 crore payout in medical negligence case
NCDRC ordered that a compensation amount of Rs 1.73 crore should be paid to the US-based husband of a child psychologist who died in Mumbai...