Doctors / hospital staff ought to be careful while preparing medical records. Any illegible overwriting on this important set of documents could draw adverse inference.

Covering up a mistake is a bigger mistake. A doctor learnt this the hard way as he was held negligent in this case.

This case dates back to the year 2014. The patient suffered from continuous coughing for two weeks. He visited a radiology centre where CT scan of his chest reported presence of lymph nodes. Upon the advice of his doctor, a PET scan was performed which reported stage IV cancer!

Can a surgeon / doctor be held responsible if the nursing home / hospital does not follow post-surgery treatment advice? Certainly not. 

A teenager was hit by a moving train while crossing railway tracks. He was rushed to the hospital where a team of doctors immediately provided first aid and emergency treatment. He was shifted to casualty ICU, but the injuries were grievous. The young man unfortunately died after few hours.

In this remarkable case, the Court has made two iIn this remarkable case, the Court has made two important observations. First one in interest of patient safety & patient care, and second one in the interest of healthcare providers. The Court has observed that angiography reporting should be uniform across the country and a doctor giving value judgement or opinions on other doctor’s reporting is unethical.mportant observations. First one in interest of patient safety & patient care, and second one in the interest of healthcare providers. The Court has observed that angiography reporting should be uniform across the country and a doctor giving value judgement or opinions on other doctor’s reporting is unethical.

Maintaining silence over the facts of a procedure / intervention and not presenting relevant medical records in a court case could be inferred as medical negligence, as these doctors found out in this case.