Chairpersons : Dr. Nandimath Omprakash V, Dr. Prashant Desai, Dr. Arpitha H C, Dr. R Prema
“…(T)he standard of care which the law requires is not an insurance against accidental slips. It is such degree of care as a normally skillful member of the profession may reasonably be expected to exercise in actual circumstances of the case in question. It is not every slip of mistake which imports negligence…” [Lord Nathan’s Medical Negligence (1956)]
If doctor fails to exercise reasonable care (but not cure) he would be held liable in law. However, multimilliondolor question would be – how does tribunals (and courts) evaluate ‘reasonable care’, what would be the
scale? And what are the factors being read into? The same will be explained by taking into account recent decisions of constitutional courts.
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