Operating Surgeon Can't Be Held Guilty Of Negligence Just Because Patient Passed Away After Reaching Home: P&H HC [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently quashed a case against a government doctor, opining that he cannot be charged with negligence just because the patient complained of pain and passed away soon after reaching home.Justice Kuldip Singh observed, "Doctor was duly qualified being M.B.B.S. M.S. (General Surgery). It is not alleged that he was drunkard or he used the tools which were not...