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Doctor "May Be Held Liable For Negligence Only When...": Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said a doctor can be held liable for negligence only when there was no requisite qualification and skill, or a failure to exercise reasonable expertise during treatment.
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IAS Officer Tina Dabi Raids Rajasthan Spa Centre On Sex Racket Suspicion
Since her appointment, Tina Dabi has been in action mode - she is sometimes seen sweeping roads as part of a cleanliness campaign initiated by her and sometimes reprimanding doctors who were found to be negligent during hospital inspections.
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Rajasthan Bureaucrat, 33, Dies After Surgery, Conspiracy Charge Follows
A 33-year-old Rajasthan bureaucrat died last night due to negligence by doctors, her relatives have alleged.
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Mumbai Hospital Staff Dies After Alleged Three Hour Wait For Doctor
Anish Kailash Chauhan, a staffer at St. George Hospital in Mumbai, died after reportedly waiting nearly three hours for medical attention.
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Denied Admission, Woman Delivers Baby Outside Hospital; 3 Doctors Fired
The Rajasthan government on Thursday suspended three resident doctors of a government hospital here over negligence after a pregnant woman was denied admission and had to deliver the child near the hospital's gate, officials said.
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Apollo Chennai, 2 Doctors Slapped With Rs 30 Lakh Fine For Medical Negligence
The NCDRC was hearing a complaint regarding negligence on the part of the hospital and the two doctors in providing post-operative care to a patient after a spinal surgery in April 2015.
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Delhi Hospital To Pay Damages To Family Of Patient Who Died Of Negligence
The Delhi State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission recently held Sir Gangaram Hospital and its five doctors guilty of negligence and directed them to pay damages to the kin of the patient.
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4 Chhattisgarh Doctors Arrested For Negligence 7 Years After Patient's Death
Seven years after the death of a 29-year-old man at a private hospital in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur city, four senior doctors were arrested for alleged negligence, police said on Saturday.
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Jail Term For Doctors Over Medical Negligence Reduced In Amendment Bill
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Bharatiya Nyaya (second) Sanhita Bill that seeks to reduce the prison term in case of death due to a negligent act of a medical practitioner not amounting to culpable homicide to two years.
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"Lost Everything": Man Whose Baby Was Among 31 Dead In Maharashtra Hospital
A man, whose newborn child was among the 31 patients who died at a government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded in 48 hours, has blamed negligence by doctors for his loss.
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UP Girl Dies After 'Wrong' Injection, Hospital Staff Dump Body And Flee
In a shocking incident of negligence and insensitivity from Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, a 17-year-old girl died after a doctor at a private hospital allegedly gave her the wrong injection.
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UP Doctor Couple Arrested After Woman, Her Child Die During Delivery: Cops
A doctor couple running a private clinic in in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia were on Sunday arrested for alleged medical negligence leading to the death of a pregnant woman and her child during delivery, the police said.
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Forceps Left Inside Kerala Woman's Stomach During Surgery In 2017: Cops
An investigation by the Kerala police has found that forceps were accidentally left inside the stomach of a woman after surgery due to alleged medical negligence by the doctors of a government medical college here.
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Man's Oxygen Mask Catches Fire In Hospital, Probe Ordered After He Dies
A panel of senior doctors and forensic team will probe allegations of medical negligence against a government hospital here after a 23-year-old died in treatment, officials said.
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Protests At Bengal Medical Institute After Student Dies Due To "Negligence"
A student of National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) at Baranagar near here was found lying unconscious in his hostel room by batch mates and rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
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Doctor "May Be Held Liable For Negligence Only When...": Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said a doctor can be held liable for negligence only when there was no requisite qualification and skill, or a failure to exercise reasonable expertise during treatment.
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IAS Officer Tina Dabi Raids Rajasthan Spa Centre On Sex Racket Suspicion
Since her appointment, Tina Dabi has been in action mode - she is sometimes seen sweeping roads as part of a cleanliness campaign initiated by her and sometimes reprimanding doctors who were found to be negligent during hospital inspections.
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Rajasthan Bureaucrat, 33, Dies After Surgery, Conspiracy Charge Follows
A 33-year-old Rajasthan bureaucrat died last night due to negligence by doctors, her relatives have alleged.
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Mumbai Hospital Staff Dies After Alleged Three Hour Wait For Doctor
Anish Kailash Chauhan, a staffer at St. George Hospital in Mumbai, died after reportedly waiting nearly three hours for medical attention.
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Denied Admission, Woman Delivers Baby Outside Hospital; 3 Doctors Fired
The Rajasthan government on Thursday suspended three resident doctors of a government hospital here over negligence after a pregnant woman was denied admission and had to deliver the child near the hospital's gate, officials said.
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Apollo Chennai, 2 Doctors Slapped With Rs 30 Lakh Fine For Medical Negligence
The NCDRC was hearing a complaint regarding negligence on the part of the hospital and the two doctors in providing post-operative care to a patient after a spinal surgery in April 2015.
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Delhi Hospital To Pay Damages To Family Of Patient Who Died Of Negligence
The Delhi State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission recently held Sir Gangaram Hospital and its five doctors guilty of negligence and directed them to pay damages to the kin of the patient.
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4 Chhattisgarh Doctors Arrested For Negligence 7 Years After Patient's Death
Seven years after the death of a 29-year-old man at a private hospital in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur city, four senior doctors were arrested for alleged negligence, police said on Saturday.
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Jail Term For Doctors Over Medical Negligence Reduced In Amendment Bill
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Bharatiya Nyaya (second) Sanhita Bill that seeks to reduce the prison term in case of death due to a negligent act of a medical practitioner not amounting to culpable homicide to two years.
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"Lost Everything": Man Whose Baby Was Among 31 Dead In Maharashtra Hospital
A man, whose newborn child was among the 31 patients who died at a government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded in 48 hours, has blamed negligence by doctors for his loss.
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UP Girl Dies After 'Wrong' Injection, Hospital Staff Dump Body And Flee
In a shocking incident of negligence and insensitivity from Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, a 17-year-old girl died after a doctor at a private hospital allegedly gave her the wrong injection.
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UP Doctor Couple Arrested After Woman, Her Child Die During Delivery: Cops
A doctor couple running a private clinic in in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia were on Sunday arrested for alleged medical negligence leading to the death of a pregnant woman and her child during delivery, the police said.
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Forceps Left Inside Kerala Woman's Stomach During Surgery In 2017: Cops
An investigation by the Kerala police has found that forceps were accidentally left inside the stomach of a woman after surgery due to alleged medical negligence by the doctors of a government medical college here.
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Man's Oxygen Mask Catches Fire In Hospital, Probe Ordered After He Dies
A panel of senior doctors and forensic team will probe allegations of medical negligence against a government hospital here after a 23-year-old died in treatment, officials said.
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Protests At Bengal Medical Institute After Student Dies Due To "Negligence"
A student of National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) at Baranagar near here was found lying unconscious in his hostel room by batch mates and rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
