PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE(MALPRAXIS)
Medical negligence is defined as lack of reasonable care and skills or willful negligence of medical practitioner in respect to acceptance of the patient,history taking,examination,diagnosis,investigation,treatment etc. resulting in injury or damage to the patient The law requires that the practioner must bring to his duty a resonable degree of skill and knowledge and also must exercise reasonable degree of care.The law doesn't expect the very highest nor a very low degree of care and competance judged in the light of particular circumstances of each case.
Liability for negligence arises if the following conditions are satisfied(Remember 4 D’s)
1. Duty: Absence of duty of care by the doctor.
2. Dereliction: The failure on the part of the doctor to maintain care and skill.
3. Direct causation: The failure to exercise a duty of care must lead to damage (proximate cause)
4. Damage: The damage which results must be reasonably foreseeable.The damage means physical,mental or functional injury to the patient
MEDICO LEGAL SERVICES
1. MMRS is committed to defend professional negligence of its members in the court of law, right from the date of membership till the expiry of its tenure of membership with the firm, without any cost, provided that the case must have not been occurred prior to membership.
2. We are committed to provide our expert services, in case of any complaint pertaining to the professional negligence, to the esteemed member without any extra fee other than paid by the member at the time of becoming the member.
3. We are committed to provide the services of eminent lawyers, medico legal adviser medical advisers ,consumer consultants ,insurance consultants and human rights consultants for any type of professional negligence case and other legal harassments.
4. We are committed to contest the professional negligence of our members fall under consumer protection act (CPA), Indian Penal Code 304A, 338 and 337 in any court of law in India. Court fee pertaining to defamation suits has to be borne by the members.
5. We are committed to cover all the legal cases of our member and to maintain the professional secrecy, in order to preserve the reputation, fame and dignity of our esteemed members (Doctors/Hospitals).
6. In case of compensation where the fiscal punishment is awarded on its member, the firm ensures early settlement of damages, if any, through the insurance companies having its understanding with, provided that professional indemnity insurance coverage has been taken through firm.
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