The news that Michael Jackson's death was caused by “gross negligence” and violation of “standard of care” is sad. His personal physician, Dr. Cornad Murray, was certainly irresponsible even though he charged the singer $150,000 a month.
K.M. Abdul Salim,
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Dr. Conrad Murray has been sent to jail for prescribing an overdose of propofol, an anaesthetic and analgesic, which proved lethal for the singer. Does anybody in India ever think that prescribing an overdose is “criminal negligence”? There is hardly any control over the drugs used by doctors in India. Many freely prescribe a variety of drugs, often going beyond the maximum dose recommended by the drug manufacturer. Medical stores in India do not have qualified pharmacists to evaluate the prescriptions. In Indian hospitals, pharmacists, nurses and even the junior doctors do not question the excessive dose prescribed by senior physicians.
Dr. Kunal Saha,
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