When the patient is a doctor, the bar for consent is higher
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June - 2026, Posted On: 01 June 2026
When a doctor steps into the role of a patient, the expectations from both sides shift — and so does the lens through which negligence is examined.
In this case, an orthopaedic surgeon underwent LASIK surgery to correct high myopia. The procedure, performed on both eyes, produced two different outcomes. One eye recovered as expected. The other developed visual disturbances — haze, distortion, and reduced clarity.
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