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    Best Interests of Patient: Karnataka High Court Allows Hysterectomy for 23-Year-Old Woman With Intellectual Disabilities
    Best Interests of Patient: Karnataka High Court Allows Hysterectomy for 23-Year-Old Woman With Intellectual Disabilities
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    Best Interests of Patient: Karnataka High Court Allows Hysterectomy for 23-Year-Old Woman With Intellectual Disabilities

    The Karnataka High Court allowed hysterectomy for a 23-year-old woman with severe intellectual disabilities after finding she could not make an informed decision. Justice Suraj Govindaraj held that medical evidence showed the procedure was in her best interests, protecting her welfare, dignity and safety.

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    Off Duty Anaesthetist Cannot Be Criminally Liable For Nurse’s Error: Supreme Court Quashes Medical Negligence Proceedings Against Kerala Doctor
    Off Duty Anaesthetist Cannot Be Criminally Liable For Nurse’s Error: Supreme Court Quashes Medical Negligence Proceedings Against Kerala Doctor
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    Off Duty Anaesthetist Cannot Be Criminally Liable For Nurse’s Error: Supreme Court Quashes Medical Negligence Proceedings Against Kerala Doctor

    The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against anaesthetist Dr. Supriya Kumari in a Kerala medical negligence case, holding that an off-duty doctor cannot face criminal liability for a procedural error allegedly committed by a nurse without proof of gross negligence or recklessness.

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    Trademark Battle: Sun Pharma Wins Major Relief as Bombay High Court Bars Zawadi Healthcare From Using Similar Drug Name Pantozed
    Trademark Battle: Sun Pharma Wins Major Relief as Bombay High Court Bars Zawadi Healthcare From Using Similar Drug Name Pantozed
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    Trademark Battle: Sun Pharma Wins Major Relief as Bombay High Court Bars Zawadi Healthcare From Using Similar Drug Name Pantozed

    The Bombay High Court ruled in favour of Sun Pharma in a trademark dispute over Pantocid. The court restrained Zawadi Healthcare from using Pantozed, citing risk of confusion in medicines.

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    Encourages Defensive Medical Practice: Plea Filed in Supreme Court to Exempt Doctors from Consumer Protection Act
    Encourages Defensive Medical Practice: Plea Filed in Supreme Court to Exempt Doctors from Consumer Protection Act
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    Encourages Defensive Medical Practice: Plea Filed in Supreme Court to Exempt Doctors from Consumer Protection Act

    Today, On 10th February, A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to exclude doctors from liability under the Consumer Protection Act. The petition claims applying consumer law to medical services encourages defensive medical practice and says better mechanisms exist to assess negligence.

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