Neena’s joy knew no bounds when a baby girl was delivered through a caesarean operation (LSCS) on 11th August at Swami Premanand Hospital by Dr. Dhillon. She was discharged on 15th August and the stitches were removed on 19th August, when she complained of bleeding per vaginum.

A doctor’s profession is noble and tough at the same time. In spite of providing proper care and cure, the doctor is alleged of negligence for critical mistakes made by the hospital! How can that be? How does law treat such cases? Let’s find out…

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, a doctor discovers the vulnerability of his profession in a case where a patient’s broken hand can’t be medically treated, and the patient sues him!

Sanjay Kumar, aged 15, was admitted to a hospital with complain of severe abdominal pain, fever and haemorrhage in both the eyes. An Ultrasonography test revealed that the teenager had a large number of round worms in the intestine.

Dr. Prasad had conducted a bilateral cataract surgery on Mr. Venkata’s right eye at a hospital. Only a day after being discharged, he had to be readmitted to the hospital as he was suffering with pain, blurred vision and watering from the eye.

What can be convincing enough for a doctor to conduct pregnancy test? If one test shows negative, should it be re-confirmed with another? But, what happens when, in spite of clear signs, a doctor fails to conduct pregnancy test, leading to further complications? An interesting case to mull over…