Medico legal concerns

MEDICO LEGAL CONCERNS –

AN INSIGHT

Dr.Abhijit Ghosh M.S Consultant Eye Surgeon

PAST PRESIDENT,Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal

Aurobindo NetralayaNightingale Hospital

Kothari Medical Centre

MEDICOLEGAL CONCERNS

INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER

WORKING IN A HOSPITAL CONSULTANT MEDICAL OFFICER


ADMINISTRATOR

CHECK CREDENTIALS OF DOCTOR

CHECK WHETHER DEGREE IS UPDATED & RECOGNISED


PATHOLOGICAL & BIOCHEMICAL

REPORTS

(CBS REPORTS NOT VALID)


U S G


P R E S C R I P T I O N S

MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT HISTORY & CLINICAL FINDINGS INVESTIGATIONS PROGNOSTIC FACTORS(esp. operative cases-to be explained to pt.& party before opn. -To be recorded)

ADVICE OVER PHONES ARE NOT VALID MEDICOLEGALLY


DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE

TREATMENT NOTE TO BE CLEAR Medicines to be PROPERLY explained COUTERSIGNED BY PT/PARTY

BHT To be properly completed & Records kept


MEDICAL CERTIFICATES SEE PT YOURSLF

SEE ALL OLD REPORTS


OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

TO BE IMMEDIATELY INFORMED TO THE PARTY AND

DOCUMENTED

COMPLCATION IS NOT NEGLIGENCE


PLEASE FOLLOW STANDARD TREATMENT PROTOCOLS

(WHICH YOU CAN JUSTIFY)


RECORD KEEPING


BEHAVIOUR

AVOID- UNNECESSARY COMMENTS

Pt. Under L.A.


B U S Y

Remember What is regular for us is once in a lifetime

experience for the pt .

E X C U S E S

E X C U S E S

“an incredibly fleeting,totally consensual encounter of less than a minute in a lift”

Conceded that he had attempted a “sexual liasion” despite “clear reluctance”


COMMENTS FROM OTHER DOCTORS

MUST BE IN WRITING


PLEASE REMEMBER

OUR OWN INTERPRETATIONS OF LAW

ARE NOT VALID

ATTRIBUTES OF A SUCCESSFUL MODERN DOCTOR

In addition to Professional skill(mandatory)

Good Economist

Management skills

Advertising Skills

TERMS UNHEARD OF PREVIOUSLY

Target High Volume Break Even Futuristic Investment Venture Capitalism Wealth &Value Creation


balance between ethics and profitability

MEDICAL ADVERTISING

PAGE 3 DOCTORS

MEDICAL ETHICS

SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE

INCORPORATED IN THE TEACHING CURRICULLUM

COMPASSION

THE HUMANE TOUCH

BALANCING ACT

DO NOT UNDERESTIMA

TE YOUR PATIENT

HAPPY DIWALI

Government & Nonprofit

Medico legal concerns