What’s the law for hospitals giving false information?

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February 19, 2025 at 11:16 am

My friend had an accident and his wrist got fractured. Doctors at Apollo hospital, chennai checked the x-ray and told him that his thumb is broken so did the plaster accordingly. Later on (after approx 2 weeks) when there was no recovery and kept feeling the pain, he showed it to another doctor and it was found that his wrist was fractured and not his thumb. It’s been more than 1.5 months now and doctors have told him that it’ll take approx 3-4 months to get healed.
And i think that the recovery is delayed due to wrong information.
What are the possible things we can do against that hospital? What does law says if something like this happens? It was a huge Mistake from doctor’s side.. and it almost delayed his recovery and it will take more than 6 months to get back to normal routine.

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February 19, 2025 at 11:58 am

Given my similar background i think you might consider filing a case for medical negligence, which could potentially result in compensation from the hospital.

Few things first , Was the CT done? please note that X-rays have low sensitivity and specificity for carpal fractures, so a CT scan is anyways recommended in equivocal cases and for confirmation

Additionally, fractures are often best visualized 7–14 days after the injury due to increased lucency from fracture healing. If possible, please send me the X-ray via direct message for a more detailed opinion.

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[Megamaster2414]

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February 19, 2025 at 4:09 pm

Also report the same information to state medical council to take disciplinary action on the doctor.

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