Nagendra Kumar, a young man of 21 was taken by his parents to Dr. Reddy as he had an excruciating abdominal pain. The doctor diagnosed it as acute appendicitis and performed an operation. However, the patient did not get any relief after the operation and the severe pain continued, and hence the doctor prescribed medicines.

Chandan fell down from the roof of his house and fractured the left elbow. He visited Dr. Banerjee who performed an operation and implanted a screw to fix the fracture. The stiches were removed about a month later but the pain in the patient’s left hand persisted.

Patients with severe burns require special attention and special ward. A hospital must take extra care during treating such patients. What happens when they err in doing so? Read to find the answer.

The family of a Scranton mother of two who died five years ago of an allegedly misdiagnosed heart problem settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against Geisinger Community Medical Center and two physicians for $3.5 million, court documents show.

Many times, a hospital or doctor’s plea of bringing in an expert for an opinion is turned down by the court. There are instances where a medical expert’s opinion is not needed as the evidence of the case speaks for itself. This is one such story.

A pediatrician has been suspended for three months for failing to diagnose and treat a one-year-old boy for a potentially life-threatening childhood disease.

A benign toothache caused quite a stir in the life of a dentist and a patient recently. Rezia had approached Dr. Premkumar as she had a painful toothache. The doctor referred her to Dr. Awasthy who prescribed her medicine for the pain.

Shyam, a teacher by profession, had troubled vision. He visited Dr. Deshpande who diagnosed high degree myopia in the right eye and performed a cataract surgery. Two or three days after the discharge, the patient again visited the doctor with complain of near zero vision in the eye. The doctor diagnosed retinal detachment and performed a second surgery.

A desired outcome of the treatment is never guaranteed. However, this legal and medical fact does not stop patients fromfinding innovative ways and reasons to harrow the doctor for failing to meet their expectations. This is one such case.

Suffering from immense pain in his legs, Ram approached Bhandari Hospital & Research Center where the doctors advised Laser Assisted Disc Decompression (LADD) of L 3-4 and L 4-5. The surgery was performed and the patient was discharged after a few days. The pain however, didn’t subside and Ram approached SMS Hospital where an open surgery was performed which alleviated the pain.