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negligence or medical negligence may be defined as want of reasonable
degree of care or skill or willful negligence on the part of the
medical practitioner in the treatment of a patient with whom a relationship
of professional attendant is established, so as to lead to bodily
injury or to loss of life.
Consumerism is now firmly established in the medical practice and
the notion that blame may be attributed and compensated has a high
priority
DEFINATION
WHO IS A CONSUMER ?, WHAT IS A SERVICE ?, WHAT CONSTITUTES DEFICIENCY
?
A
Consumer is any person who hires or avails of any services
for a consideration, and includes any beneficiary of such service
other than the person who hires or avails of the service, when such
services are availed of with the approval of the first mentioned
person.
Service
means service of any description which is made available to the
potential users, but does not include rendering of any service free
of charge or under a contract of personal service.
Deficiency
means any fault, imperfection, shortcoming or inadequacy in the
quality, nature and manner of performance, which is required to
be maintained by or under any law for the time being in force or
has been undertaken to be performed by a person in pursuance of
a contract or otherwise in relation to any service.
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