Medico-Legal

  "Doctors are duty bound to attend Court cases through Advocates or on their own, irrespective of where the court situates".   Adv. ROHiT ERANDE  © An interesting case which emphasises the unnoticed, but very important amendment to CPA about Territorial Jurisdiction, where the Original Compliant was  filed in   Raipur, Chhattisgarh State Commission to t he State Commission, Cuttak Odisha, as the Complainant shifted there for her further medical treatment  !! Before the Hon'ble NCDRC.  TRANSFER APPLICATION NO. 1 OF 2021 MANASI MISHRA  V/s.  AAYUSH HOSPITAL & MATERNITY HOME & 4 ORS. BEFORE:     HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR,PRESIDING MEMBER   HON'BLE MR. BINOY KUMAR,MEMBER Facts in short : 1. This the simple Transfer Petition i.e. transfering   the original Complaint from the State Commission, Chhattisgarh to the State Commission, Odisha. 2. T he Applicant / original Complainant is a lady, resident of Sambalpur (Odisha), filed Consumer Complaint No. 24/20

Post H ysterectomy complications caused death of a Patient. Held -  "Every mishap shall not be construed as a negligence of the treating doctor or the hospital to fasten the liability" -  Adv. ROHiT ERANDE.  © Case Details :  Before Hon. NCDRC.                   First Appeal No.158/2012  KAPIL AGGARWAL & 3 ORS. V/s. SARVODAYA HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE & 5 ORS, Faridabad. decided on 08/02/2022. BEFORE:     HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL, PRESIDENT   HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR, MEMBER   Judgment Link :  http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do?method=GetJudgement&caseidin=0%2F0%2FFA%2F158%2F2012&dtofhearing=2022-02-08 Facts in Short : 1.     The instant Appeal is preferred by Mr. Kapil Aggarwal & Ors. the “Appellants/Complainants” against the impugned Order dated 31.10.2011 in Complaint No. 29 of 2011, passed by the Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “State Commission”). 2.     On 11.12.2

  "The allegations of overdose of psychiatric drugs causing death of a patient, rejected." "A physician cannot be called as the expert witness on  Neuroscience or Psychiatry". Adv. ROHiT ERANDE  © Before : Hon. NCDRC.  FIRST APPEAL NO. 940 OF 2015   RACHNA KHOSLA & 2 ORS. V/s. DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL & 2 ORS LUDHIANA -141001 PUNJAB BEFORE:     HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL,PRESIDENT   HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR,MEMBER   HON'BLE MR. BINOY KUMAR,MEMBER Date of Judgement : 08 Feb 2022.  Judgment Link : http://cms.nic.in/ncdrcusersWeb/GetJudgement.do?method=GetJudgement&caseidin=0%2F0%2FFA%2F940%2F2015&dtofhearing=2022-02-08 Facts in short : 1. The deceased patient - a Civil Contractor, Mr. Sanchit Khosla was  having occasional minor psychiatric problems for 7 to 8 years. On or about 24.01.2011, he consulted one senior psychiatrist, Dr. Rupesh Chaudhari, - the “Opposite Party No. 2” at Dayanand Medical College &

 "To attribute medical negligence, the onus is on the Complainant" The allegations that prescribing wrong eye drops  damaged the right of the Complainant, were turned down.   Adv. Rohit Erande  © Case Details : Before NCDRC, REVISION PETITION NO. 3307 OF 2016   (Against the Order dated 15/09/2016 in Appeal No. 2519/2015 of the State Commission Uttar Pradesh)  DR. SACHIN TYAGI V/s. SULTAN MOHD. KHAN BEFORE:     HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR,PRESIDING MEMBER & HON'BLE MR. BINOY KUMAR,MEMBER ORDER dated : 25 Jan 2022 Facts in short :  1.     On 10.02.2014 the Complainant underwent right eye cataract operation in Dr. Sharma Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital, Lucknow and advised to take Tab. Wysolone 20 mg. Thereafter, he had pain in the operated eye and consulted Dr.Sachin Tyagi-the Petitioner on 20.03.2014. He diagnosed it as scleral melt disease and  prescribed  medicines viz. Levobact- eye drop; Soft Drop- eye drop; Panthegel- eye ointment & Saiclodase- Tablet

Failure to diagnose Urinary Stones by USG does not amount to Medical Negligence, as the sensitivity and specificity of USG varies.  Positive beginning of the year for Doctors..  Adv. ROHiT ERANDE. © Case Details :   Before NCDRC.  REVISION PETITION NO. 266 OF 2019 DAYA SINGH   V/s.    SHIVI DIGITAL X-RAY, ULTRASOUND, COLOUR DOPPLER AND MAMMOGRAPHY CENTRE & 3 ORS. BEFORE:     HON'BLE DR. S.M. KANTIKAR,PRESIDING MEMBER   HON'BLE MR. BINOY KUMAR,MEMBER Facts in Short : 1.       The Petitioner  filed the  revision petition  against the Order dated 26.11.2018 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Haryana, Panchkula (for short the ‘State Commission’) in Appeal No. 434 of 2018, wherein the State Commission, which dismissed the Appeal filed by the Petitioner. 2.       The question involved herein is that whether failure to diagnose the urinary stone by Ultrasonography (USG) constitutes medical negligence? 3.     It is the case of the complainant that  O