Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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Forensic Aspect of Mechanical Ventilation in Intensive Care Unit


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1 Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
     

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Facing a medicolegal problem while serving in a govt. or semi govt. or private hospital has become a headache for medical professionals. It may be in the form of civil or criminal or corporate or composite negligence. Problems arising from treatment in intensive care unit are a recent edition in this regard. Death of a patient in ICU, organ transplantation from a beating heart donor may bring charge of negligence against the doctor, nurse, hospital staffs and authority. Here we have tried to focus on this aspect medicolegal disputes and the way to overcome these problems in short.

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Medicolegal, Negligence, Organ Transplantation, Intensive Care Unit
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Authors

Biswas Sujash
Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Bandyopadhyay Chandan
Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Das Abhishek
Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Dalal Deepsekhar
Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Bhattacharya Chittaranjan
Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Chakraborty Prabhas Chandra
Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Facing a medicolegal problem while serving in a govt. or semi govt. or private hospital has become a headache for medical professionals. It may be in the form of civil or criminal or corporate or composite negligence. Problems arising from treatment in intensive care unit are a recent edition in this regard. Death of a patient in ICU, organ transplantation from a beating heart donor may bring charge of negligence against the doctor, nurse, hospital staffs and authority. Here we have tried to focus on this aspect medicolegal disputes and the way to overcome these problems in short.

Keywords


Medicolegal, Negligence, Organ Transplantation, Intensive Care Unit