Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 583 · Decided 18 May 2022
Harnek Singh & ORS. v. Gurmit Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 583 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 209
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4126/2022
- Decided
- 18 May 2022
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Medical Negligence: Deficiency of service - Claim for compensation - Complainant's wife, government school teacher diagnosed with gall bladder stones - Respondent no. 1-laparoscopic surgeon at respondent no. 2-hospital performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for removal of - After surgery, the patient became very serious - On request, the respondent no. 1 shifted the patient to respondent no. 4-hospital, referring her to respondent no. 3-doctor - Respondent no. 3 advised against the immediate surgical intervention owing to the patient's
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