DOCTORS : IN GRIP OF PATIENTS NOW
ARVIND K.PANDEY
(Published in HARMONY , MARCH 2008)
The Supreme court has rightly placed the services provided by the doctor within the ambit of services mentioned in the Consumer Protection Act .It's no secrert that doctors these days are behaving more like businessmen than a professional involved in the treatment of patrient with care and sincerity . More often than not the patients are compelled to go through series of unwanted and complicated medical tests even in treatment of diseases of simple nature .But the real problem arises when the doctor refuses to own the responsibity of blunders committed during the treatment , leaving the patient high and dry . Before the Supreme court's verdict , such matters involving the negligence of doctor often turned out to be bone of contention with the doctor managing to escape in the name of medical complexity envirioning the treatment . Thanks to the Supreme court's judgement , the scenario has changed altogether . It's now longer possible for doctors to treat patients as black sheeps , providing compensation to the patients in the negligence cases . However , it's for the patients to ensure that they don't misuse the law to give rise to fake cases .
