Medicolegal series no. 6 Recently, a news-making dilemma that doctor now onwards be sued in consumer forum or not after the Union Government approved the removal of healthcare from services in proposed CPA Bill On 24th June 2019. Following will clear doubt among the medical fraternity. 1. It's a technical amendment only. 2.
Cabinet has removed word Healthcare from definitions of services in proposed CPA Bill. It is to be noted that in present Consumer Protection Act also, the word healthcare is not included in the definition of services. 3. But after Supreme Court judgment on Indian Medical Association vs V.P. Shantha & Ors on 13 November, 1995, Healthcare services covered under CPA 1986 and elaborated how medical services come under definition of service in CPA as follow: *---: *definition of services in present CPA 1986 read as follow:----* "Section 2(1) (0): "service" means service…
