Here is an instance in which proper informed consent and treatment as well as well-maintained record as per SOP saved medical professionals from a claim of Rs. 1.5 Crore. This judgment came about in the case of Shashi Dvivedi v/s Dr.Mukund Prasad (Paras Hosptal, Patna). The case that was filed The case was filed by the […]
Another Christmas season has come around and it’s a time for sharing- meaning giving and receiving not just gifts but also friendship. When it comes to gifts, here are certain things the Indian doctors would earnestly wish for the man from North Pole to bring them. No unjustified claim of medical negligence, ever. Seriously. It’s […]
Prakash Baba Amte recently said that young doctors shouldn’t be forced to work in rural areas. Such a statement coming from the Padma Sree and Ramon Magsaysay awardee strikes a chord with the general sentiment of doctors. As per the rules, for those who finish their MBBS course, it’s mandatory to serve in rural areas […]
When Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36 he was just 15 months away from finishing training as a neurosurgeon. The cancer was inoperable and Kalanithi was facing a certain death in the near future. To chronicle his views on life and also the changes that struck him […]
In a peculiar bit of irony, a study found that 50% of doctors have a high risk of cardiovascular diseases-that’s nearly double that of the general population. The multiple reasons for this high risk include the pressure to meet corporate targets. The study was conducted in a medical college hospital around Chennai, but owing to […]
Upendranath Brahmachari was one of the most legendary medical practitioners that India has ever known. Sadly enough, his name is not familiar to most in this day and age. He was brought up in a family that already had a medical practitioner-his father who was a physician with the East Indian Railways. Upendranath-who was was […]
Researchers claim that the world’s first birth by cesarean section in which both the mother and child survived may have occurred in 1337 in Prague. It was on February 25 of that year that Beatrice of Bourbon, the second wife of John the Blind, the King of Bohemia gave birth to her only child. The […]
Dr C Radhakant is a doctor based in Vishakhapatnam who has developed a new tool to teach medical students and to train MBBS doctors who serve in primary health centres. The virtual patients that he created using computer graphics are useful in the study of psychiatry. Dr Radhakant is a professor of psychiatry at the […]
Claims of medical negligence are being made without justification across the nation. In this context, a recent ruling that an unsuccessful surgery is not negligence comes as a huge relief to doctors. It’s worth looking at the case that prompted such a ruling. Case Satender Kumar fractured his right leg from a fall at home […]
Arthur Conan Doyle is the alumnus of the Edinburgh Medical School- one of the world’s oldest medical institutions. But of course, that’s not exactly what he became famous for. Like fellow alumni- Alexander Fleming (discoverer of penicillin) and Joseph Lister(who initiated the practice of sterilizing instruments) Doyle was someone who became famous for something other […]