Doctors cannot be pressurized by a legal opinion or by a court order to furnish details of their contact numbers as landline or mobile, email address to a patient. If doctor himself or herself provide s it then it is up to them. Kerala High court passed this order reverting order of Kerala state consumer redressed commission which compelled doctors by an order to furnish details of doctor to a patient by a hospital.
Where doctor has treated that patient so that in emergency patient can contact the doctor or in medical negligence case court can approach the doctor as many medical negligence cases are pending in court as once doctors left Hospital. Then Hospital usually do not provide their latest contact detail as they are not working , as many court cases come for hearing after many years of incidence. The commission ordered that every hospital has to keep details of contact number and…
