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TMI Blogword "Negligence"X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s that he is possessed of skill and knowledge for the purpose. Such a person, whether he is a registered medical practitioner or not, who is consulted by a patient, owes him certain duties, namely, a duty of care in deciding whether to undertake the case; a duty of care in deciding what treatment to give; and a duty of care in his administration of that treatment. A breach of any of these duties w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... law for the protection of person or property, so constitutes. ............ While deciding whether the medical professional is guilty of medical negligence following well known principles must be kept in view: I. Negligence is the breach of a duty exercised by omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, wou ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... fference of opinion and one professional doctor is clearly not negligent merely because his conclusion differs from that of other professional doctor. VI. The medical professional is often called upon to adopt a procedure which involves higher element of risk, but which he honestly believes as providing greater chances of success for the patient rather than a procedure involving lesser risk but hi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ssionals are not unnecessary harassed or humiliated so that they can perform their professional duties without fear and apprehension. X. The medical practitioners at times also have to be saved from such a class of complainants who use criminal process as a tool for pressurizing the medical professionals/hospitals particularly private hospitals or clinics for extracting uncalled for compensation. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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