The Supreme Court has set aside the charge of negligence and the fine imposed on the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, and one of its eye specialists in connection with a surgery that went wrong 28 years ago.
The apex court said doctors cannot be liable for negligence simply because of a failed surgery. The ruling pertains to a case related to an alleged botched surgery on Jaswinder Singh, then six years old, who was diagnosed with a congenital disorder in his left eye known as ptosis, or “drooping eyelid”.