Medical Negligence
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‘It’s all in your head’: How medical gaslighting hurts women, the elderly and the LGBTQI community
It occurs when doctors imposes a pattern of questions, testing or diagnosis that runs counter to the symptoms the patient is describing.
Caitjan Gainty, The Conversation
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Uttar Pradesh: Two doctors booked after 17-year-old dies outside hospital in Mainpuri
The girl’s family alleged that she was administered incorrect treatment, due to which she died last week.
Scroll Staff
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Chennai: 17-year-old footballer dies due to alleged medical negligence after knee surgery
The Tamil Nadu government has suspended the two doctors who performed the surgery on November 7.
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Chennai: 17-year-old footballer dies due to alleged medical negligence after knee surgery
The Tamil Nadu government has suspended the two doctors who performed the surgery on November 7.
Scroll Staff
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Three women given anti-rabies shot instead of Covid-19 vaccine in Uttar Pradesh
A pharmacist has been suspended after an inquiry showed that the official administered the dose without asking any questions or conducting any checks.
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Uttar Pradesh: Couple cries over one-year-old son’s death, accuse doctors of negligence
The couple claimed doctors refused to touch their ailing son and asked them to take him to Kanpur from Kannauj.
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UP: Woman dies in Covid-19 isolation ward at Agra hospital after allegedly being denied treatment
The 61-year-old woman’s son said his mother had been suffering from COPD, but no staff at SN Medical College was ready to treat her.
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Bombay High Court orders BMC to pay Rs 10 lakh to family of man who got sucked into MRI machine
The civic body runs the BYL Nair Hospital, where the incident took place in January 2018.
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Indore: 10 patients complain of blurry vision after cataract surgery, state orders inquiry
Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Tulsiram Silawat called the incident unfortunate, and said a seven-member committee will investigate the matter.
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Madras HC orders Rs 25-lakh compensation to woman who contracted HIV through blood transfusion
The court also asked the state government to provide the woman a house and said its directions should be carried out by January 2020.
Scroll Staff
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Uttar Pradesh: Staff leave Muzaffarnagar healthcare centre with unconscious patient inside
They the medical facility as their working hours were over, a report said.
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Gujarat: Parents allege nurse cut off five-month-old’s thumb, seek action
The Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital, however, denied the allegation of medical negligence and said only a part of the nail and skin was injured.
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The Field
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Boxing, World Olympic Qualifier: Amit Panghal wins Paris 2024 quota in men’s 51kg
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