Came across an article by Dr Devi shetty forwarded by a friend. Thought I should needed to share it with everyone, and urge the Moribund MCI, IMA and other medical bodies to talk about it and support it. Blow to the medical profession May 13, 2014 09:08 PM , By DEVI SHETTY That’s enough Penalties are necessary, but so is sense of balance. Compensation for medical malpractice should be capped.
Else, there will be no doctors left to perform surgeries. The recent Supreme Court ruling on medical compensation of ₹11 crore in Kolkata has raised several issues related to the medical profession and its practice. The Supreme Court has rightly upheld the law of the land. In 2030 BC, during the Old Babylonian period, the Code of Hammurabi read: “If the doctor has treated a gentleman with a lancet of bronze and has caused the gentleman to die or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman…
