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Chanda Rani Akhouri . vs M.S.Methusethupathi . on 20 April, 2022 cites

Jacob Mathew vs State Of Punjab & Anr on 5 August, 2005

In the case of medical negligence, this Court in Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab and Another1 dealt with the law of medical negligence in respect of professionals professing some special skills. Thus, any individual approaching such a skilled person would have a reasonable expectation under the duty of care and caution but there could be no assurance of the result. No doctor would assure a full recovery in every case. At the relevant time, only assurance given by implication is that he possessed the requisite skills in the branch of the profession and while undertaking the performance of his task, he would exercise his skills to the best of his ability and with reasonable competence.
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Dr. Harsih Kumar Khurana vs Joginder Singh . on 7 September, 2021

In a recent judgment in Dr. Harish Kumar Khurana v. Joginder Singh and Others3 , this Court held that the hospital and doctors are required to exercise sufficient care in treating the patients in all circumstances. However, in an unfortunate case death may occur. It will be necessary that sufficient material on medical evidence should be available before the adjudicating authority to arrive at a conclusion that the death is due to medical 3 (2021) 10 SCC 291 23 negligence. Even death of a patient cannot, on the face of it, be considered to be medical negligence.
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