Question
Forensic Medicine Question on Medical Jurisprudence
A surgeon returns home from a party after many pegs of alcohol and is called to perform an emergency operation. During the operation, the assisting staff noticed the surgeon’s handshaking and the instruments falling. He eventually nicks an artery, and the patient collapses. Under which of the following terms will this incident be tried?
A
Criminal negligence
B
Civil negligence not amounting to criminal negligence
C
Therapeutic misadventure
D
Dichotomy
Answer
Criminal negligence
Explanation
Solution
The correct option is (A) : Criminal negligence