Question

5. Reshma has gone to a district consumer forum against the local hospital to seek compensation for wrong diagnosis for which she had to spend Rs. 2 lakhs unnecessarily

Answer 1

Answer:

It is important to know what constitutes medical negligence. A doctor owes certain duties to the patient who consults him for illness. A deficiency in this duty results in negligence. A basic knowledge of how medical negligence is adjudicated in the various judicial courts of India will help a doctor to practice his profession without undue worry about facing litigation for alleged medical negligence.