Consumer court in Hyderabad has held a hospital and its treating doctor responsible for medical negligence in a 2020 COVID-19 case ordering them to pay ₹40 lakh to the grieving family. The ruling highlights serious gaps in how some facilities verified staff credentials during the pandemic’s first wave.
Hyderabad consumer court has directed a hospital and gynaecologist to pay ₹30 lakh compensation after an anaemic patient died following an unnecessary hysterectomy. This article explains the ruling, the medical reasons anaemia raises surgical risks and practical steps every patient can take to protect themselves before agreeing to any major gynaecological procedure.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that a failed surgery or post operative complication does not automatically amount to medical negligence. In a landmark judgment, the apex court cleared a doctor and PGI Chandigarh, reaffirming the Bolam test and holding that adverse medical outcomes without expert evidence cannot establish negligence.
Read MoreNCDRC upheld medical negligence against a Ludhiana hospital and doctors for performing radical facial surgery without confirmed cancer diagnosis.
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