A Study on Medical Negligence and Consumer Protection

Medical Profession is one of the most reputed profession in the world. Doctors are compared to “God” because they save our lives and protect us from diseases. They are given much respect in our society and moreover they do their work and research for human and their development and their main profession is to help people to come out of many diseases. But in recent time, instances of malpractices and negligence in the medical field have increased. The time has come when the saviour are not more saviour, they are becoming devil and here the main thing of this topic has started that is about negligence in the services rendered by the doctors. The main objectives of this paper to justify the inclusion of medical services under Consumer Protection Act, 1986, to discuss the different types of medical negligence, discuss about the various legal avenues which are available in our country for the protection of the person who suffered and to discuss some of the cases of medical negligence and the judgements of the supreme court on these cases. The paper has reviewed many literature in the area of medical negligence and makes an attempt to do an empirical research that looked the fasting pace of medical negligence. The paper conclude that doctors always perform professionally and they act in an ethical manner but time has come when they become devil but we too have many ways to saves ourselves from this. Suggestions have been provided by keeping the case studies in mind and laws formulated by different avenues.