Allopathic Medicines have to be given by an Allopathic Doctor- NCDRC

19, November 2016

“Allopathic Medicines have to be given by an Allopathic Doctor”. The National Commission came down heavily on quacks and practitioners transgressing in other branches of medicines, in the case of DEEPESH KUMAR KUSHWAHA & 2 ORS.V/s.Dr. GOPAL NARAY AWT...

Kerala: Hospital directed to pay Rs 25 lakhs for handing over dead body to wrong family

15, November 2016

Thiruvananthapuram: Ernakulam Medical Centre in Kerala has been asked to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakhs to the family of a deceased,whose body was mistakenly handed over to another family for cremation. The case is of one Mr Purushothaman ,...

Doctor cleared of sexual harassment charges after 12 long years

11, November 2016

Mumbai: Dr Kulvindersingh Banga, a senior doctor of Nair Hospital Dental College, has been cleared of the sexual harassment charges levied against him by a colleague, 12 years after the female doctor had first lodged the complaint. The division...

NIMS: Medical negligence costs Rs 5.63 lakhs to the doctors.

01, November 2016

Hyderabad: 2 years after A. Mallikamba under went a surgery for a cystic lesion of the pancreas, she had to be operated on a second time. Only this time, the surgery was conducted to remove the gauze swab which the team of surgeons forgot in her...

Hospital, Gynecologist slapped Rs 17.5 lakh for failing to detect foetal anomaly

20, October 2016

Mumbai: Holding the Vidula Nursing Home and its gynecologist Dr Pradip Pawar guilty of negligence, the Maharashtra State Consumer Commission slapped a compensation of Rs 17.5 lakhs on account of failing to detect a fetal anomaly....

Madras Medical Mission directed to pay Rs 10 lacs compensation by NCDRC

17, October 2016

The apex consumer commission has directed a Chennai hospital to pay compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of a doctor who suffered brain damage and subsequently died, by holding it negligent in monitoring whether he was getting enough oxygen while...

Quacks cannot escape criminal proceedings, implies HC

08, October 2016

Taking a very tough stance against quackery as well as crosspathy, the Madras High Court, has refused to quash Criminal proceedings against a Siddha Practitioner who had claimed to be possessing...

Ruby Hall Clinic held Liable for hiring an Unqualified Anaesthetist

07, October 2016

Experience cannot count as a replacement for a specialized qualification. The Maharashtra State Consumer Forum has made this amply clear in a medical negligence case pointing out that an MBBS doctor not having a PG in Anesthesia, despite having an...

MBBS Doctor, Technician get six months jail for running illegal pathology lab

30, September 2016

Mumbai : In a trial that lasted five years at the magistrate’s court in Parbhani, the court has convicted an MBBS doctors as well as a technician for running an illegal pathology lab in the area. Convicted under the relevant provisions of the Maharas...

New Delhi: Sunder Lal Jain hospital, Orthopedicians fined Rs 25 L for medical negligence

29, September 2016

New Delhi: The Delhi consumer commission has directed a private hospital and two orthopaedics to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to a patient who had suffered 40 per cent disability on his left leg due to medical negligence. The commission directed...