Supreme Court of India

M.a Biviji v. Sunita & Ors.

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Bench Hrishikesh Roy and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 19 October 2023

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We hold that there was no breach of duty of care at Suretech Hospital or on part of Dr.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

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 of upper airway between the vocal folds and lower border of cricoid cartilage) in the trachea – Subsequently, the same led to various severe complications.…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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