Experts From USA Will Testify Via Internet Conferencing - SC passes historic judgment in Anuradha Saha Case
In a historic judgment that will have far-reaching consequences in bringing justice for the hapless victims of “medical negligence” in India, the Supreme Court division bench of Justices Mr. Dalveer Bhandari and Mr. Deepak Verma has directed on April 7, 2011 that opinions of Prof. John Burke, Economic expert from Cleveland and Prof. John Broughton, noted psychologist from Columbia University in New York, must be recorded by videoconferencing through the Internet (Skype) within 4 weeks to determine the amount of compensation to be paid by the three senior Kolkata doctors (medicine specialists Dr. Sukumar Mukherjee, Balaram Prasad and dermatologist Dr. Baidyanath Halder) and Advanced Medicare Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital in Kolkata in the highest-ever compensation claim in Indian medico-legal history.
The judgment passed by the Apex Court allowing to record foreign experts’ opinions through the Internet will have important implications on “medical negligence” and other relevant cases in the future in India. Victims of medical negligence would now be able to obtain opinions from medical experts in USA/UK or other foreign countries through videoconferencing using the free modern technology of the Internet. Foreign experts may also testify through the Internet about corruption and ethical violation by the devious members of the medical community in India.
A major obstacle in finding justice against the negligent doctors in India has been the unwillingness of the Indian doctors to testify against their errant medical colleagues.
In view of today’s judgment by the Apex Court, cases against the delinquent medicos will no longer be dismissed due to the lack of expert medical witnesses.
The above has been posted on the PBT site http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&shva=1#inbox/12f3892146865994
One should read the articles on this site . They mainly deal with corruption in the medical profession
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