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  • Published On: January 20th, 2025
    Post-surgery deterioration not automatically indicative of medical negligence; Supreme Court overturns NCDRC Order

    In appeals filed against the judgment passed by National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (‘NCDRC’), wherein it was held that the ...

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  • Published On: September 30th, 2024
    New Draft Guidelines for Passive Euthanasia are released by the Government.

    The Union Health Ministry released draft guidelines on withdrawing or withholding medical treatment in terminally ill patients, closing a regulatory ...

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  • Published On: August 22nd, 2024
    DGHS Delhi issues urgent advisory on safety of doctors, mentions ‘Code Violet’

    In response to "recent shameful events which has shook the nation," of murder-rape of a female doctor at RG Kar ...

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  • Published On: April 27th, 2024
    Supreme Court Enhances Compensation Due to Misapplication of “Eggshell Skull Rule” in Medical Negligence Case

    The appellant filed an appeal alleging medical negligence, and the division bench of Sanjay Karol and Arvind Kumar, JJ., ...

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  • Published On: February 26th, 2024
    Supreme Court Awards Rs 10 Lakh Compensation To Patient Who Developed Hoarseness In Voice After Trainee Gave Anaesthesia

    Recently, the Supreme Court granted compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs to a patient who experienced hoarseness in his voice as ...

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  • Published On: February 7th, 2024
    No Case Of Medical Negligence If Complications Suffered By Patient Totally Unrelated To Medical Procedure Undergone: Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court while deciding a case of medical negligence held that principles of Res Ipsa Locutor get attracted where ...

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  • Published On: February 7th, 2024
    Supreme Court Directs Doctor To Pay Rs 2.5 Lakh To Patient Who Lost Vision Of One Eye

    In a case involving medical negligence, the Supreme Court ordered the doctor to provide the 84-year-old man compensation totaling ...

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  • Published On: October 28th, 2023
    Removal of name of doctor issuing an untrue certificate from medical council’s roll, not the only penalty: Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court held that the removal of the name of the doctor, issuing an untrue, misleading or ...

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  • Published On: October 21st, 2023
    SC Sets Aside Compensation Awarded In Medical Negligence Case: “Classic Case Of Doctors Trying Their Best”

    In a case involving a Nasotracheal Intubation, where it was alleged that it resulted in a number of serious ...

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  • Published On: August 18th, 2023
    The regulations, issued by NMC in a gazette notification on August 2

    The National Medical Commission (NMC), the country’s medical education regulator, in its professional conduct regulations, has said that doctors can ...

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