ABSTRACT Hon’ble SC in a case [Spring Meadows Hospital and Anr. vs. Harjot Ahluwalia and Anr. (1996)] observed that with the emergence of the Consumer Protection Act no doubt in some cases patients have been able to establish the negligence of the doctors rendering service and in taking compensation thereof, but the same is very few in number.
In recent days there has been increasing pressure on hospital facilities, falling standard of professional competence and in addition to all, the ever-increasing complexity of therapeutic and diagnostic methods and all this together are responsible for the medical negligence. There has been a growing awareness in the public mind to bring the negligence of such professional doctors to light. This paper deals with critical analysis of one such case in which patient died during Trade Meal Test due to medical negligence of doctors/hospital. NCDRC…
