Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 938 · Decided 19 October 2023
M.A Biviji v. Sunita & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 938 · [2023] 15 S.C.R. 113
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3975/2018
- Decided
- 19 October 2023
- Bench
- HRISHIKESH ROY, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: The complainant alleged negligence on the part of a Hospital - The main claim of negligence that the complainant attributed was that the forced Nasotracheal Intubation (NI) procedure resulted in her developing Grade-IV Subglottic Stenosis (i.e., narrowing folds and lower border of cricoid cartilage) in the trachea - Subsequently, the same led to various severe complications. Negligence - Medical Negligence - The NCDRC concluded that the negligence charge regarding the unjustifi able 'NI' procedure was proved -
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