It is a real case based study to demonstrate how a judge's judicial overreach in medical matters adversely effects practice of medicine. The sarcasm 'revolutionizes' is intended. An activist judge ‘revolutionizes’ patient treatment in private hospitals of Jaipur! Dr.S.G.Kabra An activist judge on the State Consumer Forum of Rajasthan, has single handed revolutionized and ‘up graded’ the patient treatment in private hospitals of Jaipur by his pronouncements in recent cases. He has forced the care providers to practice law while practicing medicine.
The judge ruled that every act of medical intervention must be supported by legally acceptable evidence. Statement under oath by a physician , alone will not do. It must be supported by documentary evidence. In an ICU or in case of seriously ill patient, on average, about 250 interventions are done every day. Every one of them must be…
