New Delhi, September 09: : The Apex Court of India has said nursing homes without an intensive care unit facility can't carry out surgeries on a patient as absence of an ICU posed danger to the patient's life.
A bench of Justices Adarsh KumarGoel and U U Lalit gave the ruling on a petition filed by Bijoy Kumar Sinha who lost his wife due to alleged medical negligence of Dr. who conducted a hysterectomy surgery at Kolkata's Ashutosh Nursing Home in Kolkata. The nursing home did not have an ICU facility.
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