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Doctors cannot be always blamed, as some complications (like AFE in the present case) are unexpected, unavoidavle and unpreventable. : Adv. ROHiT Erande. ©

Doctors cannot be always blamed,  as some complications (like AFE in the present case) are unexpected, unavoidavle and unpreventable. :  Adv. ROHiT Erande. © The judgment beings with following observation : " The blame of tragic misfortune for unexpected, unavoidable, unpredictable, unpreventable Amniotic Fluid Embolism ( AFE), most of the times  the obstetrician is a scapegoat.  Unfortunately in some cases, despite the doctor’s best intentions, patients suffer injury or die, and the clinicians involved often become the secondary victims."   Case Details : Dr. Manisha Agarwal, UP & anr V/s. Kapil Bajaj & anr. First Appeal No.1107/2018, decided on 18th June, 2020.  Before : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL,PRESIDENT   HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR,MEMBER The Judgment Link : http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do?method=GetJudgement&caseidin=0%2F0%2FFA%2F1107%2F2018&dtofhearing=2020-06-18   Facts of the case...