Top oncologist undergoes sentence in medical negligence case
November 28, 2012 18:51
Top cancer surgeon and Padma Bhushan awardee Praful Desai has underwent simple imprisonment till the rising of the court and paid a compensation of Rs 50,000, in perhaps the oldest running case of medical negligence in the country. Desai, 80, served his sentence on November 20 after Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D D Deshmukh, recorded his willingness to undergo the punishment as his appeals in higher courts had been dismissed.
The sentence was handed down in July last year by the trial court and confirmed by the Bombay High Court on October 15 this year.
The sentence was handed down in July last year by the trial court and confirmed by the Bombay High Court on October 15 this year.
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