Doctors cannot be said to be Negligent merely because Patient could not be saved: SC

Dr. Chanda Rani Akhouri Vs Dr. M. A. Methusethupathi (Supreme Court) In the case of medical negligence, this Court in Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab and Another1 dealt with the law of medical negligence in respect of professionals professing some special skills. Thus, any individual approaching such a skilled person would have a reasonable expectation under the duty of care and caution but there could be no assurance of the result. No doctor would assure a full recovery in every case. At the relevant time, only assurance given by implication is that he possessed the requisite skills in the br...