The National Commission again came to the rescue of Doctors and denied the charges of Medical Negligence of worth Rs 2 crores, on the count that the Doctor without giving proper instructions to the other Doctor went on leave. Short Factual Matrix: The Deceased patient, 86, father of the Complainant, the patient of past Bilateral Centrilobular Emphysematous in the form of Hyperinflated lung with flattening of lobes was admitted to the Hospital, succumbed to long existing chronic end stage respiratory disease. But the main grievance of the Complainant was that the treating Doctor went outstation without giving proper Instruction to his fellow Doctor when the patient was still admitted to the Hospital.
The National Commission rejected the complaint about Rs 2 crore Compensation and observed as above. It further held that in our opinion, briefing by main treating Doctor to other Doctor, in…
