Post-operative complications are an inherent part of almost every surgical intervention. Doctors / hospitals are not held liable for it as long as they have explained risks and benefits to the patient and taken an informed consent.

A woman, approaching fifty years of age, visited a diagnostic centre for routine check-up. The report changed her life permanently.

This case perhaps is one of those unfortunate courtroom dramas wherein the healthcare providers are dragged simply on one pretext or the other. Thankfully, the legal system is capable to save the doctors and hospitals from such flimsy cases.

A doctor had performed coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery after which patient developed post-operative complications. He suffered brain stroke and the operated site also got infected.

A simple sterilisation procedure went horribly wrong for a lady patient recently. What’s shocking is that complications had nothing to do with the procedure!

Hospital-acquired infection could lead to serious consequences for patient and for the doctor / hospital. Least the healthcare providers should do is to confirm whether a patient is infected or not by performing relevant tests, which was not done in this case.

The patient had developed endopthalmitis after an experienced eye surgeon performed cataract procedure. As it goes, the doctor was blamed for the post-surgery complication.

Post-operative complications are an inherent part of almost every surgical intervention. Doctors / hospitals are not held liable for it as long as they have explained risks and benefits to the patient and taken an informed consent.

A woman, approaching fifty years of age, visited a diagnostic centre for routine check-up. The report changed her life permanently.

This case perhaps is one of those unfortunate courtroom dramas wherein the healthcare providers are dragged simply on one pretext or the other. Thankfully, the legal system is capable to save the doctors and hospitals from such flimsy cases.