Medico-Legal

Namaste Everyone.. Greetings. The Corona Pandemic has once again underlined the challenges in healthcare. most importantly the patients as well as Doctors are not willing to see each other personally. Plus there the Judgment of Hon.Bombay High Court in 2018 created uncertainty about Telemedicine.   You may read the following blog relating to aforementioned Judgement. https://advrohiterande.blogspot.com/2018/07/telephonic-consultation-will-attract.html?m=1  Thus the Central Ministry of Health, India in partnership with NITI Ayog, has prepared the Guidelines for Telemedicine. I think it's very important and might be game-changer for Doctors. The following link would give you the complete overview of 48 pages guidelines. I request everyone to peruse the guidelines and then start TeleMedicine. Please understand that this concept and legal provisions are in its infancy and it will certainly improve as the time passes. Doctors, if assured of...

If you Beat Doctors, still they will save you in Pandemic like Corona. Thus, Beat the Wrong-mindset and not the Doctors : Corona Pandemic underlines the importance of Medicos.  The Following message is loud and clear : At all other places : If you are sneezing, having cold, fever, then don't come to us.. But.... In Hospitals, Drs. And Nursing Staff : If you are sneezing, having cold, fever, then please come to us immediately. . On and average every month, one will find such incidences pan India. Overall medical fraternity is going through panicky. Why such incidences are happening ? what's the remedies to be taken by the Government ? Let's discuss about it. It reminds me that few months back Hon. Shri. Pranav Mukherjee, the then Hon. President of India also expressed his deep concern over incidences of attacks on Doctors.  While speaking at the inauguration of the Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences (IILDS), Kolkata, Shri. Pran...

Learn why it is said that, "Poor records means poor defense, No record means no defense" Adv. ROHiT ERANDE. Introduction : 1. In any Medical negligence case or for that matter any court case, documents play pivotal role. What treatment was given, mentioning important points etc. are important part of medical records. Remember, your case can be saved or destroyed  depending upon the documentation, maintenance of record.  2. We'll try to see in nutshell the court's perspective on importance of documentation.  A)  An Unsigned Medical Record has no legal validity. : In this case, the 11 year old Complainant was admitted in the Hospital with the complaint of Headache. After numerous trials and tests, no diagnosis could be made. But on the contrary, due to wrong medication, she lost her eyesight and to add in her misfortune, her leg had to be amputated due to gangrene developed after wrong Injection. Thus she claimed a compensat...

M.D. Medicine & area of Practice : Court's point of view.  Adv. ROHiT ERANDE.  © There are few important judgments which have indirectly spelt out the scope of work of a M.D. Medicine Doctor. Let's see it in nutsehll. But before we start :   In corona pandemic, Doctors are perfoming Covid duty, irrespective of thier Degree and if they refuse, they might be prosecuted under Epidemic Act.. In this Corona Pandameic, the Government management made it compulsory for almost all the faculty doctors to perform the Covid Duty, barring age bar above 60. In these difficult times even Medical Students were also asked to perform Covid Duty. Thus now can any say that, please get me MD Medicine Doctor only ? The Answer is no. So in my humble opinion, this Aspect should be considered by Courts henceforth.  1 . M.D. Medicine fined for calling himself a Cardiologist : In the instant case, the deceased pregnant lady was  diagnosed as valvular disease of th...