Telephonic Consultation will attract criminal action against Doctors ? - What Hon. Bombay High Court has held..
In these days of social media, a news gets viral more than the speed of mind ! The recent judgement of Hon. Bombay High Court on Telephonic Consultation is the fine example of it. The Moot question before hon'ble Court was : Prescription without diagnosis and hence resulting into death of the patient amounts to criminal negligence on the part of the doctors. But the hon'ble court did not give reliefs to Doctor only because they gave consultation on phone but, also : a) At the outset they discharged the patient with C-Section without examining her, that too the discharge summary was prepared in advance. b) Then they advised to admit the patient when they were out of station and there was no Locum. c) the medicines were advised without enquiring about the symptoms. d) In emergent situation, they did not send the patient to a higher center, e) They used pressurising tactics like arranging the 2 days strike in Ratnagiri, as a result of which other patients suffere