In recent years, the healthcare sector in India has taken some serious twists and turns. Due to different cases and scenarios, the Supreme Court of India adjugated certain decisions which are sought to completely change the healthcare sector in the coming years. SC Court decision in 2019: Doctors must adopt a patient-centric approach for imparting care: In January 2019, the Supreme Court of India passed the judgement related to a patient-centric approach. The decision was according to a case where a patient; suffering from dengue fever was periodically checked, provided medicines and timely diagnosed to find related complications.
The patient while in the hospital suffered from a cardiac arrest at 8:00 pm and was declared dead at 8:50 pm. But the doctors treating the patient were alleged for not providing treatment in a timely manner by the Ethics committee. On the basis of this review…