Scientific Program
IC116 - Who is afraid of medico legal cases?
Date
16/03/2024
Hall
HALL 7
From
08:30
To
09:45
Chief Instructor Membership Number
M09321
Chief Instructor Name
Dr.G. Mahesh
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Title
Who is afraid of medico legal cases?
Summary
Legal literacy among ophthalmologist is rather poor in India. Common ophthalmologist get nightmares on receipt of a legal notice. Every practising ophthalmologist should know their basic rights and be ready to successfully defend a medico legal case. This basic course will highlight what is not taught in medical school. This includes liabilities of a medical practitioner, how to proceed when you get a legal notice, what professional indemnity is adequate, all about consents and some classic stare decisis or judge made laws. Also major Supreme Court decisions with implications to our practice will be revisited. At the end of the course the attendees will be having the basic knowledge and confidence to defend their practice in court of law
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Chief instructor is a practising VR surgeon with 24 years of experience. He is actively involved in preparing legal reply in medico legal cases for past 10 years in connection with legal firms. He has post graduate diploma in medical law and ethics PGDMLE from national university of advanced legal studies.
Membership No
Name
Topic
Order no
Duration
Consented
N13628
Dr.Ashok Nataraj
Liabilities of a medical practitioner, intricacies of CPA and steps in defending a case successfully
1
15
V10089
Dr.Anand Vinekar
Calculating compensation in medico legal cases and planning professional indemnity for our practice
2
15
M09321
Dr.G. Mahesh
10 classic verdicts that every ophthalmologist should know
3
15
Panel discussion : 30 Mins )
