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December 2023

Hospital goes to the extent of deleting digital records to cover pregnant patient's fall from OT table – Obstetrician exonerated, hospital / anesthetist directed to pay 1.6 crore compensation

Parikshit Dalal & Ors. v/s Santosh Hospital & Ors.
16MLCD (j457) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

The patient "was one of the ten early cases of Dengue fever reported in Rajasthan" – Court holds that missing diagnosis of an endemic disease when the epidemic was not declared is not negligence

Chittarmal Saini v/s S. K. Soni Hospital & Ors.
16MLCD (j470) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Patient signing differently on different documents – Legally perilous, greater caution necessary

Dr. Shashibhushan Chaudhary v/s Shashi Jaiswal
16MLCD (j473) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Patient

Should a doctor be held liable for a patient refusing to terminate a high-risk pregnancy due to religious beliefs? – Court says no, doctor not held negligent

Rubynessa v/s Dr. Tarun Kumar Chatterjee & Ors.
16MLCD (j475) | West Bengal State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kolkata
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

LinkedIn profile of the patient used in defence by the doctor to disprove allegations of negligence – Social media plays a role in a medical negligence case

Nemeezia Amin & Anr. v/s Dr. Anuradha Kapur
16MLCD (j483) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor

Dilemma of hospitals – Patient fails to pay the bill of 2 crores, files a case of medical negligence, yet hospital continues to provide treatment as a ‘good gesture’

Reena Mittal v/s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital & Ors.
16MLCD (j487) | National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi
Judgement in favour of: Doctor



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