Now that the Supreme Court has spoken, quite emphatically, about medical negligence by awarding Rs 1.8 crore compensation to a child who suffered total blindness, voices that have been calling for a special law and special tribunal to handle medical negligence complaints have grown shriller than ever.

"Unlike in motor accident cases, we are yet to have a statutorily codified mechanism to deal with such complaints," former judge of the Madras high court K Chandru told TOI. Treating it as tortuous claim, compensation could be worked out for damage, injury, pain and loss of income caused by an act of medical negligence, he said............Read more

Source: The Times of India