Dileshwar Patel vs State Of Chhattisgarh 8 Wps/5393/2018 ... on 23 August, 2018
"9. However, if a person who has no education in medicine dispenses
medicines and administers injection to a sick person that by itself
will be a case of gross negligence and deficiency in rendering service,
since such a person is not at all equipped with requisite knowledge
and expertise to dispense medicines and/or administering injections
to a patient brought to him. If persons such as the respondent before
us, is allowed to practice medicine, that is likely to jeopardize the
health and life of the patients, on account of consumption of a wrong
medicine or administration of any injection which may not be
suitable for treatment of the ailment from which he is suffering. Such
persons pose a great risk to the society particularly illiterate and
semi illiterate persons living in villages and remote areas who do not
always have access to qualified doctors and government
hospitals/dispensaries and, therefore, may, in sheer desperation,
approach such self-styled doctors for treatment of the ailments from
which they are suffering. Therefore, adequate compensation needs to
All appeals dismissed. Page 10 of 11
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