IF some doctors do THAT much of mistakes;can they be acquitted from CRIMINAL neg!
Question:
IF some doctors do THAT much of mistakes;can they be acquitted from CRIMINAL negligence charges?see more,India
ASSUME some doctors 'BY MISTAKE' cause hurt or GRIEVOUS HURT or DEATH of few of their patients by----
-amputation of wrong limb or wrong patient
-incompetent administration of anaesthetic
-administration of wrong substance inside eye
-causing burn from X ray therapy
-giving poisonous medicine carelessly
-mismatched blood transfusion
-making wrong diagnosis due to abscence of skill & care
-missing important examination or diagnostic procedure
-FAILURE TO remove swabs , sponges , tubes , instruments during operation from body ;attend patient in time ; do sensitive test; give fluids in dehydration; give anti-tetanic serum in injury.
Do that kind of doctors SURELY get jail term for such mistakes?
CAN they be acquitted from CRIMINAL charges of negligence even after doing that much of wrong acts??
How come? (India)
Answers:
It would depend on the circumstances. But the key word here is MISTAKE.
If you want to lock up everyone that accidentally hurts someone that would include car accidents as well. Now some should be, driving while drunk, etc. But what about the ones that just didn't see the other car? Should they be locked up to?
The same is true of medicine, sometimes you can do everything right, double checks, follow procedure, and a mistake still slips through. What do you do then?
I think criminal charges need to be limited to those who fail to follow proper guidelines or procedure.