Medico-Legal Profiling of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar under Consumer Protection Laws of Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

The Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Consumer Protection Act, 1987 needs a closer scrutiny from the standpoint of medico-legal services in the wake of J&K Union Territories’ (UTs) uneven health profiling and developmental progress. The doctor-patient’s relationship needs an analysis in terms of access to health care and medical and para medical services. The consumer rights under Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Jammu and Kashmir Consumer Protection Act, 1987 and Consumer Protection Act, 2019 represents a trajectory of deficiency of medical service and lack of medical professionalism and capacity building among health personnel. The paper is a medico-legal profiling of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar in regard to diligence and negligence of doctors and para legal medical inspectorate in auguring health care and medical services to patients.