The Supreme Court has said nursing homes without an intensive care unit facility can't carry out surgeries on a patient as the absence of an ICU posed danger to the patient's life. A bench of Justices gave the ruling on a petition filed by an attendant who lost his wife due to an alleged medical negligence of doctor who conducted a hysterectomy surgery at Nursing Home in Kolkata. The nursing home did not have an ICU facility.

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