Litigation in medical practices: Civil and criminal implications

At present, Negligence is a significant problem in India in contrast with the acute situation which exists in negligence are beginning to appear in India and it is inevitable that as the extent and standard in North America and to a lesser extent in Europe. However, cases of Medical Negligence of medical services develop and as the awareness of the population increases due to growing literacy and education such dissatisfaction amongst patients about real or imagined errors in medical diagnosis and treatment are bound to increase. This is most likely to occur first of aware of deficiencies in their medical treatment and will be more likely to go to law in order to obtain satisfaction. Thus, the Indian doctor must have an increasing awareness of this problem if only to take steps to avoid its occurrence. In the more remote and rural areas, patients tend to be grateful for medical treatment and are not sufficiently aware of possible defects to take any action against the doctor whom they consider as always doing his best to help them.