Medical Negligence

In a shocking case of medical negligence, an eye each from two dead bodies went mysteriously missing from a mortuary in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district within 15 days.

The death of a newborn baby and the mother at a government medical college in this coastal district prompted the state Health department to order an inquiry into the incident after the victims' family alleged negligence on the part of the doctors.

A student of National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) at Baranagar near here was found lying unconscious in his hostel room by batch mates and rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

A 17-year-old girl, an aspiring footballer, died in Chennai today allegedly due to medical negligence, days after one of her legs was amputated.

In a disturbing incident that has emerged from Madhya Pradesh, a still born was kept in the side-box of a bike after its grieving parents were allegedly denied an ambulance by the hospital.

In a shocking incident of medical negligence from Madhya Pradesh, staff at a primary health centre used a cardboard to bandage the fractured leg of an injured man.

In a shocking incident of medical negligence in Madhya Pradesh, a five-year-old boy died in his mother's arms without any treatment at a government health centre in Jabalpur district.

The boy had died on Friday, run over by a car near a bank in Baghpat, after his stepmother pushed him away as was incessantly crying, said police

The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...

In a case of gross medical negligence, the staff of a rural health centre in Pakistan's Sindh province severed the head of a newborn baby and left it inside the mother's womb, leaving the 32-year-old Hindu woman in a life-threatening situation.

A family in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh had to carry the dead body of a four-year-old girl on their shoulders as authorities allegedly did not provide a hearse to them to return to their village.

A human rights activist has moved the NHRC seeking its intervention into the custodial death of a Nigerian under-trial prisoner in Odisha, alleging medical negligence and denial of legal aid, besides disrespect to the body.

A division bench of the Tripura High Court, upholding a single bench order, has asked the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family member of a jail inmate, who died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) due to medical negligence

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that even death of a patient cannot, on the face of it, be considered to be medical negligence.

A Gurgoan court has ordered the registration of an FIR on the charge of medical negligence for leaving a cotton swab in the abdomen of a woman during the birth of her baby after a caesarean.

In a shocking case of medical negligence, an eye each from two dead bodies went mysteriously missing from a mortuary in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district within 15 days.

The death of a newborn baby and the mother at a government medical college in this coastal district prompted the state Health department to order an inquiry into the incident after the victims' family alleged negligence on the part of the doctors.

A student of National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) at Baranagar near here was found lying unconscious in his hostel room by batch mates and rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

A 17-year-old girl, an aspiring footballer, died in Chennai today allegedly due to medical negligence, days after one of her legs was amputated.

In a disturbing incident that has emerged from Madhya Pradesh, a still born was kept in the side-box of a bike after its grieving parents were allegedly denied an ambulance by the hospital.

In a shocking incident of medical negligence from Madhya Pradesh, staff at a primary health centre used a cardboard to bandage the fractured leg of an injured man.

In a shocking incident of medical negligence in Madhya Pradesh, a five-year-old boy died in his mother's arms without any treatment at a government health centre in Jabalpur district.

The boy had died on Friday, run over by a car near a bank in Baghpat, after his stepmother pushed him away as was incessantly crying, said police

The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...

In a case of gross medical negligence, the staff of a rural health centre in Pakistan's Sindh province severed the head of a newborn baby and left it inside the mother's womb, leaving the 32-year-old Hindu woman in a life-threatening situation.

A family in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh had to carry the dead body of a four-year-old girl on their shoulders as authorities allegedly did not provide a hearse to them to return to their village.

A human rights activist has moved the NHRC seeking its intervention into the custodial death of a Nigerian under-trial prisoner in Odisha, alleging medical negligence and denial of legal aid, besides disrespect to the body.

A division bench of the Tripura High Court, upholding a single bench order, has asked the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family member of a jail inmate, who died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) due to medical negligence

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that even death of a patient cannot, on the face of it, be considered to be medical negligence.

A Gurgoan court has ordered the registration of an FIR on the charge of medical negligence for leaving a cotton swab in the abdomen of a woman during the birth of her baby after a caesarean.