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Medical Negligence or Poor Hospital Records? What Patients Should Learn from the SGPGI Case

A medical negligence complaint is not decided only on suspicion, pain, dissatisfaction or an unfortunate treatment result. At the same time, hospitals cannot ignore their duty to maintain and provide proper medical records. The NCDRC decision in Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences v. Rajendra Nath Keserwani & Anr. is [...]

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Hospital Billing Disputes and Medical Records: What Can Patients and Families Do?

A hospital bill may run into several pages and contain charges for consultations, procedures, medicines, consumables, investigations, equipment, nursing services, room rent and professional fees. In many cases, the patient or family pays the amount without having enough time or information to verify every entry. A high bill alone does [...]

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Medical Negligence in Hospitals: Legal Rights and Remedies Available to Patients and Families

Medical treatment does not always produce the expected result. A patient’s condition may worsen despite proper diagnosis, accepted treatment and reasonable medical care. Therefore, an unsuccessful treatment, complication, infection, disability or death does not automatically establish medical negligence. A medical-negligence complaint becomes legally sustainable when the records and evidence indicate [...]

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