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Masterly Inactivity of a Doctor i.e. wait, watch and then treat in certain medical conditions,  is NOT a negligence. Merely a second intervention is required that by itself does not make 1st Surgeon as Negligent"   Adv. ROHiT ERANDE ©    Case Details : AGARWAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL & ANR. , U.P. V/s.  SANDEEP ARORA & ANR. F.A. 1323/2018, decided on 31st August, 2020, by : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL,PRESIDENT & HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR,MEMBER The Judgement Link.  http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do?method=GetJudgement&caseidin=0%2F0%2FFA%2F1323%2F2018&dtofhearing=2020-08-31 The Judgement begins with the Following lines .      “ Watchful waiting” is one of the option, also called as  related to Masterly Inactivity or Expectant Management is a `hands-off management` philosophy in which certain medical conditions are closely monitored, but treatment is withheld until symptoms either appear ...

"Demanding Advance money from Patient for Treatment is not wrong"...  , but Doctors held liable to pay Rs.25 lakhs for delayed  treatment and for  rigid adherence to Protocol than Medical Ethics. An Important Judgement on Cardiac and Neurological complications .   Adv. ROHiT ERANDE .   © Case Details : CONSUMER CASE NO. 38 OF 2010 YASHUMATI DEVI & ANR. V/s. CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, Vellore BEFORE:     HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR, PRESIDING MEMBER   HON'BLE MR. DINESH SINGH,MEMBER Decided on 11/08/2020. http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do?method=GetJudgement&caseidin=0%2F0%2FCC%2F38%2F2010&dtofhearing=2020-08-11 (The Judgment Link)  Facts in Short : 1.       On 10.06.2009 one Mr. Raj Ballav Ram, 58, the deceased patient (husband of the Complinanat)  OPD at Christian Medical College, Vellore (for short “CMC / Hospital”- the Opponent). He was known diabetic and hypertensive. Sinc...