DAMA: Discharge against Medical Advice

A Choice of Necessity, Not Neglect Doctors are Victims of a Broken System The recent Supreme Court judgment in the Harish Rana case (2026 INSC 222) has sent ripples through the Indian healthcare community. In a landmark ruling, the bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan expressed deep concern over the practice of “Discharge […]

ANTIBIOTIC SMART HOSPITALS

A Historic Milestone in the Fight against Anti-microbial resistance: Saluting Kerala’s Visionary Initiative As a doctor I have spent decades in the wards and ICUs. I have watched with growing alarm and helplessness as our most potent weapons against infection – antibiotics – are failing us and our patients. Every day, I see patients in […]

Why the Harish Rana Judgment is a New Dawn for Dignity in India

END OF LIFE CARE (EOLC) IN INDIA Dr. Somnath Chatterjee, Medical Director, Prakriya Hospitals, Bengaluru For the last several decades, families of patients have sat at the bedsides of their loved ones where medicine had reached its limit. For them, the hardest part wasn’t the physical pain of the patient; it was the “legal and […]