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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

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

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

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

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

Hospitals refuse to admit an ECHS patient due to non-availability of ICU beds - Court questions how many admissions were done on the same day after issuing refusal letter

Usha Sharma v/s Ivy Hospital & Anr.
17MLCD (j161) | Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Court accepts that every post-operative infection need not always be due to surgery but could also be due to nosocomial infections if the patient had visited other hospitals

Dr. Anuradha v/s Dr. Pandit & Anr.
17MLCD (j167) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Failure of hospital to provide bills to the patient for claiming insurance is unfair trade practice rules National Consumer Commission

Director/ Administrator, Fortune Hospital v/s Amin Abdhulbhai Gilani & Anr.
17MLCD (j172) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient



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