The doctors' community fighting against the unjust imposition of sections of the Indian Penal Code on three doctors and a nurse arrested in a case of alleged medical negligence case feel the incident could make the medicos more defensive in handling emergency cases. The Case in question Recently, the arrest of three doctors came after a complaint was filed by a man, whose wife was suffering from lower stomachache and taken to the hospital for treatment. He alleged that she did not receive the correct medical treatment resulting in her deteriorating health after which she passed away.
The anaphylactic reactions are not always predictable, plus each drug has some complications associated with it. The patient was administered a routinely used intramuscular injection of diclofenac sodium to which she did not respond well. The efforts to resuscitate her in the hospital failed and therefore…
