Death due to Medical Negligence: A Case Report

Medical negligence is a broad term which came under lime light due to the development in Forensic Medicine; it has now become the duty of the Forensic Pathologist to explore and maintain the transparency between the doctors, patients and the law, in order to bring a high degree of standard in the ethical aspect of medical practice. In this case, a patient who is alleged to have sustained a road traffic accident was brought to the hospital and diagnosed to have had a head injury, and while treating the patient collapsed. Later, during the autopsy it was found that the cause of death was Hemorrhagic shock due to pelvic injuries, which was entirely different from that of the clinical diagnosis. Was the recommended protocol followed, or was it just an assumption made? Grossly neglected findings from the patient remain open for analysis.