Corporate vs Individual Medical Negligence and Manslaughter: Balancing Accountability, Patient Safety, and Systemic Failures in Health Care

organizations to be found guilty of corporate manslaughter due to serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of duty of care.Unfortunately, no such parallel criminal law for corporate hospitals exists in India. Let Us Learn f r o m tragedy that Brings Corporate hospitaLs U n d e r sCrUtinyThe tragic case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a harried pediatric registrar battling exhaustion, staff shortages, and technological glitches, has reignited a crucial debate in health care: how to balance individual accountability with systemic failures, prioritizing both patient safety and justice.Her ordeal, culminating in the heartbreaking death of a young boy with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease, underscores the need for a nuanced approach that moves beyond mere blame.