A government panel formed to investigate into medical negligence cases has found that only 15% of these complaints involved actual cases of medical negligence. No negligence on part of the doctors or the medical establishments could be found in the remaining cases. The medical negligence board began functioning from June 2017 and has received 112 complaints till January 16, 2019. The inquiry has been completed in 102 of these cases .
Among these, the patient was found to be a victim of medical negligence in only 16 cases. The six-member board includes the chief medical officer or his representative (chairman), the principal medical officer (member secretary), two specialists from the concerned medical field, the president of the Indian Medical Association’s Gurugram chapter, and a member of the National Integrated Medical Association. During the inquiry, the medical qualifications of…
