Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 801 · Decided 30 November 2021
Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre v. Asha Jaiswal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 801 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 1118
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1658/2010
- Decided
- 30 November 2021
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Consumer Protection - Medical negligence - When not - Complaint filed against appellants-hospital and doctor, alleging medical negligence in treating the patient-deceased - Compensation awarded by NCDRC - On appeal, serious condition impending gangrene even before admission to the hospital - Thus, even after surgery and re-exploration, if the patient does not survive, the fault cannot be fastened on the doctors as a case of medical negligence - A doctor is expected to provide reasonable care which
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