Medical negligence

(1) Whenever there is a violence against the medicare service or loss of property in a Medicare Institution, the Head of the Medicare Institution shall immediately report to the State Government in the Health Department with full particulars of the incident. (2) On receipt of such above report, the State Government shall make an enquiry as to the cause of the incident as well as to identify the person/ persons involved in such incident. (3) On enquiry, if a medicare service personnel or health care provider or authority of the health care centre is found responsible for commission of medical negligence under this Act, he shall also be deemed to have committed an offence under this Act