Medical Records Can Make or Break a Negligence Case: Lessons for Doctors and Hospitals from the NCDRC - Adv. ROHiT ERANDE ©
Medical Records Can Make or Break a Negligence Case: Lessons for Doctors & Hospitals. Case Details : Dr. Sudheer Saxena & Anr. v. Pooja Gupta & Ors. , First Appeals Nos. 1495 and 1751 of 2017, decided on 29 July 2026- NCDRC Why accurate, complete and contemporaneous documentation is an essential part of clinical practice Medical negligence litigation does not turn exclusively on whether a patient recovered or whether the treatment produced the desired result. A central question is whether the doctor exercised reasonable professional care—and whether the medical records reliably demonstrate the clinical reasoning, investigations, treatment and follow-up actually provided. The Facts in Short : a. the case goes back to year 2013, when the patient, Rishi Gupta, aged 43 -husband of the compliantant , was admitted to Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali, with a serious cardiac condition and a history of coronary artery bypass grafting at the age of...