MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE VERSUS DEFICIENCY IN SERVICES: CRITICAL APPRAISAL IN VIEW OF JUDGMENTS OF CONSUMER FORUM

Satin Kalidas Meshram*, Sushim Amrutrao Waghmare, Santosh Baburao Bhoi

ABSTRACT

Legislations were pending before the appropriate bodies or authorities for fastening the tight hold of Law regarding practice of medicine. Few were Clinical Establishment Act, amendments in PCPNDT Act, Human Organ Transplantation Act, amendments of MCI in the list of Infamous conduct and many more to check the legal and ethical conduct of the practicing physicians. This article aims at retrospection into the existing scenario through the catena of judgments of National Consumer Redresser Forum.

Keywords: Medical negligence, consumer forum, law related to medical practice.