ISLAMABAD: The medical tribunal has delivered two significant judgements redefining the legal standards governing professional negligence, expert medical evidence and disciplinary proceedings against registered medical practitioners. The judgements, authored by medical tribunal chairman retired justice Safdar Saleem Shahid, while deciding the connected cross appeals arising from disciplinary proceedings before the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), articulated principles of general application extending beyond the facts of the individual dispute to formulate a comprehensive judicial framework governing professional negligence, expert evidence, procedural fairness and…
Medical tribunal redefines standards of ‘negligence’
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