Laxman Balkrishna Joshi vs Trimbak Bapu Godbole And Anr on 2 May, 1968
B.P.not recordable
Pulse not palpable
Heart sounds feeble
There are no substantial
grounds offered by the appellants as to why the patient was shifted to I.C.C.U.
only at 6.00 a.m. as per their own record. The death extract i.e. Ex.A1 shows a
correction as to the time of death which has been corrected to 7.15 a.m. We observe from the record that
even the basic investigative tests were not done and there is a one hour gap
between 5.00 a.m. to 6.00 a.m. in shifting the patient
to I.C.C.U.
We also rely on the decision of the Apex Court in Dr.Laxman Balkrishna Joshi v.
Dr.Trimbak Bapu Godbole and Anr. reported
in (1969) I SCR 2006 a Landmark
judgment on medical negligence. In this
case the death of patient was caused due to shock resulting from reduction of
the fracture attempted by doctor without taking the elementary caution of
giving anaesthesia to the patient. In
this case the court discussed the duty of care a doctor should undertake