Shifting patients to ICU after surgery not a ‘must’

Issue - January - 2024, Posted On: 01 January 2024

This is an important judgement delivered by the hon’ble Supreme Court of India, clarifying that admitting patients post-surgery in the ICU is not a mandated medical protocol, but rather has to be dealt as per merit of the case.

A patient suffering from Chiari Malformations (Type II) with Hydrocephalous underwent surgery at the hospital. After surgery he was shifted to private room. Unfortunately, he succumbed to cardiac arrest after six days.

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