High Court: Missing Pre Anaesthetic Check Up as Criminal Negligence

Doctors Beware: Kerala High Court Rules Missing Pre Anaesthetic Check Up as Criminal Negligence

In a landmark decision that has sent ripples through India’s medical community, the Kerala High Court has clearly stated that failure to conduct a proper pre anaesthetic check up amounts to gross medical negligence. The court refused relief to an anaesthetist booked under Section 106 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing death by negligence.