Medical Negligence in India with Special Reference to Madhya Pradesh A Comparative Study

Abstract

India is a democratic country. The primary duty of the state is to provide adequate medical aid to the common citizens in a welfare state. Article 21 of the Indian Constitution imposes a duty on the state to protect the life of everyperson. newlineIt is the duty of physicians working in state-run government hospitals to provide medical help to protect human life. It is in this context that in the discharge of duties, the Central and State Government provide various facilities to the needy and villagers through the schemes like DeenDayalAntyodaya Treatment Scheme, Paternal Transport Scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana, Dhanvantari Yojana and National Rural Mission etc. aimsat. newlineThere is a trusting relationship between the doctor and the patient. The patient considers the doctor to be God, but sometimes the patient dies due to the carelessness of the doctor. Inthe event of death, the dependents of the hurt and dead persons become officers or eligible to receive compensation or compensation. But the time spent in the process of obtaining compensation increases their pain and suffering. When a person becomes disabled due to the carelessness of the doctor, his condition becomes verypathetic. newlineIn our current administrative system, it is becoming increasingly difficult to curb the increase in inadvertence or negligence in the medicalpracticeofphysiciansbythejusticesystem.Medicalinattention newline newline newlineand death in relation to a female patient admitted to the hospital at the time of delivery is a serious problem inIndia. newlineContinuous efforts have been made by the Central and State Governments under various law and order arrangements by various institutions to solve this problem, but the researcher concluded in the study of various law and analysis of the role of different institutions in essence that even today, governance, law The system does not appear to be fully successful in preventing accidents due to hospitalized patients or misdiagnosed medicines and ban medical inadmissibility in them. newline