Supreme Court Rules Doctors Not Exempt from Liability for Medical Negligence

Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ruled that doctors cannot be granted immunity simply because they are doctors when they commit negligence while treating patients. A joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Nahakul Subedi and Sunil Kumar Pokharel issued this ruling in the case filed by Parbati Gajurel Mahatara of Salyan.The full text of the verdict, delivered on Jestha 25, 2082 BS, was recently made public. The court determined that there was an error in treatment and issued a mandamus order directing the concerned doctors involved in the negligence to face action, directing the Consumer Court and the Nepal Medical Council...