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MEDICAL RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING TREATMENT


09-Jan-2023 (In Medical Negligence Law)
One patient coming to a government specialist saying that he is on treatment for a certain disease like heart disease at a private hospital but he is having no treatment summary or documents. only thing is he is having a medical prescribtion bill to pharmacy with a list of drugs. The patient was referred by some doctor to the specialist. can the specialist prescribe all that drugs without seeing the actual treatment records of this patient. Is it necessary or is it the duty of the specialist to prescribe drugs only after seeing the treatment details and fully understanding the condition - infront of court/law,
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Answer #1
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It is absolutely necessary that the specialist examined the patient for his present condition. He is not supposed to go by the treatment guidelines as prescribed by the previous Doctor Who examined the patient and the patient claims to have said so without any prescriptions or treatment summary.
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