Once Neurologist diagnoses a child’s seizure disorder, he is supposed to start an antiepileptic drug. Among the first lines Carbamazepine, Phenytoin, Valparin and Lamotrigine can produce severe cutaneous reactions. From Bangalore, a neurologist is fined Rs. 90,000 for Carbamazepine-induced Steven Johnson Syndrome calling it negligence of the doctor. In that case whoever has produced such a drug and those drug approving authorities should also be punished for negligence, isn’ t it?
This is the reason why laymen should not make decisions in medicolegal cases. There must be a doctor dominant grievance redressal forum to give the verdict in such cases. This sort of arrogant decisions on the part of those concerned sounds alarming. No doctor can always highlight all side effects to a patient in a heavy OPD for which he could be levied later on. Don't you feel the impracticality of predicting…
