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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 or some measurable parameter changes. Facts of the

"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. Since year 2006, he was suffering off and on pain in his left arm