Lack of Reasonable Care and Skill: A Report on a Series of Five Mismanaged Cases

Any negligence of a medical practitioner, by an act of commission or omission, in performing his/her duty is known as medical negligence. Failure to exercise reasonable care and skill in the management of a case is a potential problem area with legal liabilities in medical practice. Autopsy is an efficient method of clarifying medical malpractice claims. In this paper, a report on a series of five mismanaged cases is presented. In this series, the case one was a post-caesarean case who died after the operative procedure. The case two and three were cases of uterine rupture. The case four was also a post-caesarean case who died because of bleeding and complications. The case five was a case of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendesectomy who died of haemorrhagic shock following the operative procedure. Lack of proper care and monitoring, failure to recognize the complications in time and failure to take prompt life saving measures like emergency surgical intervention have led to the fatal outcomes in these cases.