negligence 1 3

Tag: "negligence" at medical news

The Most Natural Thing in the World

...men in remote communities, and the rise in medical negligence cases and litigation. The conference is bringing... "We'll look at how fear of litigation and medical negligence is affecting Australian women's prenatal and postnatal care," she says. "The group will also discu...

Rajasthan Government Plans to Monitor Private Health Centres

...cial sources said complaints of excessive charges, negligence in treatment and foeticide by private health establishments was the reason behind the move. A similar law, 'Rajasthan Clinical Establishment Act 2001', was enacted by the former Congress regime. However, some political leaders and health organisati...

Six More Bhopal Gas Tragedy Continues to Take Toll

...e have died in the past two months due to thesheer negligence of the BMHRC management,' alleged Abdul Jabbar,convenor of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS), apressure group working for the cause of the gas tragedy victims. The BMHRC - Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre - came intobein...

A Killer Clot, Coagulates Karen’s Lif

...stated are investigating the possibility of medial negligence at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - where Karen had undergone the treatment - that did not perceive the latent danger to Kathy’s life. Kathy said: 'I'm not having this swept under the carpet. How the hell did my daughter die in May if she was supposed to...

HIV Patients Criticise NBMCH's Negative Role

...ospital has described the criticism of its alleged negligence of HIV-positive persons as baseless. // The superintendent and principal of NBMCH, Dr J B Saha, said here today that the allegation had no basis. Yesterday around 200 HIV-positive persons under the banner of 'Sanghabaddha' a voluntary organisation...

Apex Consumer Court Rejects Rs 143 Cr Medical Negligence Claim

...al Consumer Commission today dismissed the medical negligence claim case to the tune of Rs 143.08 crore filed by... instant one the court will be slow in attributing negligence on the part of the doctors if they had performed their duties to the best of their abilities and wit...

Consumer Court Dismisses Rs 143 Crore Negligence Claim

...al Consumer Commission today dismissed the medical negligence claim to the tune of Rs 143 Crores filed by a US-b...or //who had alleged that his wife died because of negligence given at a Kolkata hospital. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Bench comprising J...

Medicos Stir On, Hospital Ransacked After Patients Death

...ay ransacked by a group of people who alleged that negligence caused death of a patient. Simanchal Jena (55) of Ankuli near here was rushed to the hospital after suffering a snake bite. He died subsequently. 'We brought him to the hospital immediately after a cobra bit him. But he died because no doctor was ...

Court Rejects Case of Negligence by Disabled Children against the Doctors

...stating that the appellant did not have a case for negligence against their mothers' doctors. The court compared...said that this wrongful life was mainly due to the negligence who would not otherwise have existed if the parents were informed. The lawyer for Ms Harriton, Kathr...

International Rating System To Be Introduced For Hospitals In India

In order to curb medical negligence and bring in more accountability, India will soon ...octors were usually a responsible lot, any "wilful negligence is punishable". "Once the case is with the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC),...

Freak Cigarette Accident Claims a Male Victim

...uestions are being raised regarding the hospital’s negligence in allowing a patient to smoke, especially when hospitals are meant to be smoke free. A thorough investigation is top of mind on the list of people’s reaction to this incident. A spokeswoman for Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Tru...

Hospital Trust Fined ￡100,000 after Patient Deat

...Srivastava were convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence in 2003, following which they were sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years. According to the judge "Common sense dictates that a reasonable standard of care must pertain seven days a week, 52 weeks a year." Mr Phillips had been ...

Hospital Booked For Negligence

...th doctors were convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence and were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years. The Crown Prosecution Service also charged the trust following the trial but it pleaded guilty of failing to supervise the doctors in the trauma and orthopaedic department....

The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

...tors stating that the incident had happened due to negligence of the hospital staff while the health workers argued that four other babies in the unit were saved due to prompt action of the medical staff who switched off the power supply. The poor mother’s cry is lost in a country with a population of over a bi...

Lady Patient Died after Hospital Turned Inhospitable, Rules Sheriff

A case of hospital negligence stands substantiated in yesterday’s ruling by the ... A fatal accident inquiry has revealed that due to negligence of the staff at St John's Hospital in Livingston, Grace Foster 60, of Ratho, near Edinburgh, stood a...

NHS Trust Wants Abortion Mother's Case To Be Dismissed

...ghter Jayde and sued the Perth Royal Infirmary for negligence and asked for maintenance for the girl. However, the Perth Sheriff Court was told that Ms Dow then aged 16 was given no guarantees that the abortion would be successful. Ms Dow had the procedure done in January 2001 and had assumed that the twins ...

Stage Set For Final Hearing On India’s Biggest Ever Medical Compensation Clai

...against doctors of a Kolkata hospital charged with negligence in a woman's death eight years ago.// "I am hope... has scripted one of the most high profile medical negligence cases in India. "The claim will be over Rs.1 billion now because of the interest for the past ei...

Medical Tourism To India Hurts US Hospitals

...98,000 patients die in US hospitals due to medical negligence and three to four times that number is left permanently-disabled," she points out. Indian hospitals feel that if they are getting the same care at a lesser cost, then patients will naturally look at the greener grass, something that American hospital...

Cancer Can Recur Any Time, Experts Caution

...ring that children are not affected as a result of negligence on their part. Cancer, he said, can occur at any age and does not even spare infants. Prof Richard Azizkhan, Director Children Hospital, Cincinnati, US also addressed the gathering of NGOs, patients, doctors and parents of children suffering from c...

Health care errors blamed for deaths

...ted that more than the fear of lawsuits, it is the negligence of the health workers that cause the erratic nature of health care being meted out to the general public who approach the health care systems. The report said that the number of deaths that would have been avoided if the healthcare workers have washe...

1 2 3 4