Supreme Court of India
Dr. (mrs.) Chanda Rani Akhouri & Ors. v. Dr. M.A. Methusethupathi & Ors.
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Before parting, we would like to observe that when the matter was finally heard and concluded, appellant no.1 was present in Court 831 and we made a request as to whether she is still interested to get the final judicial verdict on the issue which has been raised at her instance at one stage by instituting a complaint before the Commission.
Judgment, page 19
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Medical Negligence – Consumer Protection – Liability of doctors – Demise of husband of appellant no.1 pursuant to kidney transplantation – Allegation that the cause of death was post- operative medical negligence – Complaint before National Consumer Commission dismissed – Held: medical practitioner is not to be held liable simply because things went wrong from mischance or misadventure or through an error of judgment in choosing one reasonable course of treatment in preference to another – In practice of medicine, there could be varying approaches of treatment – At the given time, medical…
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