Hospitals and doctors ought to know that consent taken at the time of admission is not valid for an intervention. Law is absolutely clear on this aspect and does not spare the erring healthcare provider.

Arun suffered injuries in both legs in a car accident and visited Inscol Health Services where Dr. Narula performed X-ray which showed very minimally displaced fractures of the proximal tibia of left leg with good articular congruity and incomplete non displaced fracture of right proximal tibia with no articular incongruity. X-ray of the right leg showed an incomplete non-displaced fracture. The doctor used a knee brace and POP slab on the left knee.

The easy access of medical information is increasingly proving detrimental for doctors and hospitals as patients and relatives, without understanding medical science, single out and choose what they think is better line of treatment, rather than leaving it up to the able hands of caregivers. The law however, is very clear – the decision of choosing line of treatment cannot be based out of fear of court or intimidating patients.

There are several instances of patients and their relatives dragging doctors / hospitals to courts based on their whims and fancies. The courts do not take such misadventures lightly as this case shows.

Can detection of cancer or any other condition after a complicated procedure be a doctor’s fault? Not when there are no clinical indications to suspect such conditions, says the court.

Biswanath was suffering from a hernia problem and visited Dr. Alok at the hospital where the doctor performed bilateral inguinal herniopalasty. The patient was discharged in a few days but his suffering didn’t end there.