British Medical Journal (BMJ), a top international medical journal, published a highly provocative “head to head” debate article in the wake of the recent large compensation granted by Supreme Court of India in Anuradha Saha wrongful death case with an interesting question: “Are large compensation payouts for negligence good for medicine in India?” (see the article …
Month: August 2014
Under PBT’s relentless pressure to bring transparency in handling of cases against delinquent doctors, WBMC has eventually posted a list of the status of pending complaints against doctors on their website at WWW.WBMC.IN. The list bears more glaring testimony of the pitiful status inside the medical council in dealing with allegations against doctors. According to …
In an unprecedented move in Indian medicine, MCI, highest medical regulatory authority in India, has ordered to suspend registration of three doctors of a prominent Kolkata nursing home for a period of 6 months for “not appearing” before the MCI Ethics Committee to answer charges of medical negligence (see below MCI Order). For the first …
In a historic verdict that may have far-reaching implications on all future cases including cases of “medical negligence”, Division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice Asim Banerjee of Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal filed by West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) today which prevented “live” internet videoconferencing from USA to allow PBT president, …
PBT hosted a historic public seminar at Rotary Sadan in Kolkata on Sunday in which at least 12 medical doctors also joined to raise their voice against medical corruption. Subhra Verma, daughter of one of the most respected ex-CJI, Justice J.S. Verma, also described how her father became a victim of medical negligence by top …
PBT will host an open public discussion forum on “Law and Medical Corruption” at Rotary Sadan (next to Nehru Children’s Museum) in Kolkata at 3 pm on Sunday (August 3). This historic seminar will focus on various aspects of law against healthcare corruption and medical negligence. A highly respected ex-chief justice of India (CJI), Justice …
PBT president, Dr. Kunal Saha, will host a press conference on Friday (August 1, 2014) at 1:30 pm at Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) building located at 5 Windsor Place in New Delhi. PBT has lodged criminal complaints against 12 diagnostic centers across Delhi for corrupt practices of “commission”. Also, CBI has initiated an investigation …
