Volume
7, Issue 1, January – June 2023, Pages 21-26
Review Article
Healthcare Through the Lens of Indian Law: An Overview
Abhishek Yadav , Benjy Tom Varughese , Karthi Vignesh Raj K , Aravindan V , Pooja Gupta
Additional Professor, ,Senior Resident, Junior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India, Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Healthcare services do not always meet the expectations of patients as a result of which litigations of negligence arise. In the absence of an exclusive law dealing with such litigations in the Indian scenario, cases of medical negligence are analyzed and concluded on the basis of prior judgments of the Honorable Courts. This article discusses a few landmark judgments of Honorable Courts with respect to medical practice and negligence. These judgments have shaped the course of action in issues related to Medical Negligence in such a manner so as to provide justice to the aggrieved as well as provide protection to the doctors from undue harassment.
Keywords : Healthcare; Consumer Protection Act; Supreme Court; Medical Negligence;
Medical Malpractice.
Corresponding Author : Abhishek Yadav, Additional Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.