Legal & Administrative Services

EXPERTS DOCTORS SHIELD CONSULTANTS LIMITED (DOCTORSHIELD) is a limited Company, registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956 in Delhi promoted by a Group of experts having experience of more than 24 years in handling medical negligence cases and providing legal shield to Medical Professionals and Medical Establishments all over India, with a success rate of more than 94 %.

DOCTORSHIELD is an all India Medical Defense Company formed with an objective to provide Medico Legal Defense against any Medico-legal risk / problems arises on its members under any Act, Rule of Law. DOCTORSHIELD also provide protection against professional monitory risk whereby arranging Professional Indemnity Insurance / Errors & Omissions Insurance coverage to its members through one of the leading Insurance companies of India and also take up the cause of Medical Practitioners / Medical Establishments by way of handling the Legal case (s) promptly at every level in Consumer, Civil, Criminal Courts and Medical Councils, from lower courts up to Hon’ble Supreme Courts, level.

The Medical Practitioners of India today is scared of various Consumer Courts that have been set up by the Government of India and the Legislation by which the Medical Practitioners have been brought under the purview of Consumer Courts. The day to day invention in the Medical Science, introduction of new techniques of treatment and diagnosis and the new diseases that are coming up because of jet speed pollution, adulteration, radio active atmospheric and environmental dis-balances have posed great challenge before the Medical Practitioners / Medical Establishments of today coupled with the increasing awareness of the Consumer Rights by the public at large. Medico-Legal Problems are so technical that it can be dealt or understood by a Medico legal expert only.

It is true that the DOCTORSHIELD is arranging insurance coverage to its members though one of the leading Insurance companies of India in order to meet out the liability to be incurred on account of the Medical negligence cases. However, compensation through the insurance company does not shield the Doctors interest as the cases should be contested with a view to maintain the dignity of the profession and establishing such precedents, where it is held that the medical science is too complex a subject to hold the Doctors negligent. For the said purpose, DOCTORSHIELD has a battery of efficient lawyers in most of the Districts where we are in operation, in addition to a strong LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD consisting of Retired Judges and Senior Advocates of Hon'ble High Courts & Hon'ble Supreme Court, as a stable shield not simply to keep a legally updated status but to defend the cases methodically, industriously, truthfully with result oriented efforts, at reasonable cost anywhere in India. DOCTORSHIELD is the first and the only one Company of its nature to have an eminent lawyer of Hon'ble High Court, Delhi, who is defending thousands of medical negligence cases of the Doctors and Medical Establishments in Delhi & NCR for the last 22 years, in its Board of Directors as an Honorary Director (Legal).

It is pertinent to mention here that the Insurance Companies have their legal representatives also; but DOCTORSHIELD has an edge to maintain the dignity of medical profession for which it appoints the lawyers who have the vast knowledge of handling medico legal cases and also offers the recourse of appellate remedy before the Hon'ble State Commission, Hon'ble National Commission and Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Even in the case of compensation, DOCTORSHIELD would target the quantum of award by way of reduction of the same in any appellate stage.

Doctorshield is probably one of the best Organisations, whole-heartedly dedicated to the welfare of the Medical Practitioners / Medical Establishments through its wide network controlled with strong and effective manpower through out the Country, promoted by a group of experts who have thorough knowledge of handling large number of medical negligence cases in various Courts for the last 24 years, to extend all the help to it is members during their legal hassles. Such an effort needs impetus from all the distinguished Doctors and Medical Establishments. Right from the day of its inception DOCTORSHIELD has gained wide appreciations from thousands of Doctors and various branches of IMA. The Delhi Medical Association (State Branch of IMA) has appreciated our efforts and strongly recommended its members to take the membership of DOCTORSHIELD and avail its value added services. This is probably the first time in the history of DMA to provide such an appreciation- cum-recommendation letter to a Company of its nature.

It may be true that several Doctors in India have directly taken the Professional Indemnity Insurance coverage from different insurance Companies, according to their ease. Please note that Professional Indemnity Insurance coverage is a miscellaneous liability insurance, which shall cover only civil liabilities arising out of the Professional negligence (Medical Negligence) that too when it has become legally liable. Insurance company does not provide services, when criminal or other than medical negligence case is initiated on its insured, whereas DOCTORSHIELD is providing legal services/protection of all type, which includes Civil & Criminal, as and when initiated on its members.

Doctorshield's professional commitment to it's members

In order to comply with the members requirement and also having gathered in- depth knowledge / expertise of more than 24 years of its promoters in servicing its members, the DOCTORSHIELD offers the following:-

• Provide Medico-legal Defence to its members through its expert Counsels who have vast experience in handling medical negligence cases.
• Provide Personal Legalities Defense through its expert Lawyers in assistance with the efficient legal advisers, which would cover any type of personal legalities cases/suits irrespective of medical service / treatment, such as summons to witness, Departmental Enquiry relating to professional services, instrument purchase litigation, Complaint of violation of package treatment/billing, Contractual agreement litigation limited to Banking, Credit Card, Medical Registration related complaint, Passport related complaint, and also criminal cases related with Medical Profession/treatment subject to some exception.
• c. Arranging Court awarded compensation through one of the leading insurance company in India for the members who have opted the Insurance coverage through DOCTORSHIELD.
• To provide Insurance coverage to its members as and when required which includes the Professional Indemnity Insurance for Medical Practitioners / Errors & Omissions Insurance coverage for Medical Establishments, etc. through one of the leading Insurance companies of India.
• To provide the timely intimation of the incident, impleadment of insurance company as a party to the case as and when needed, arranging the survey of the incident and also settlement of insurance claim through one of the leading Insurance companies of India.
• DOCTORSHIELD will defend all cases irrespective of the number of cases in any Court of Law in India.
• DOCTORSHIELD will bear all legal costs, Professional fees and expenses incurred in the investigation, defense or settlement of any claim made against its members and the cost of representation at any inquest, enquiry or other proceedings in respect of matters which have a direct relevance to any claim made or which might be made against the members, provided such claim or claims are the subject to the jurisdiction of Professional Indemnity Insurance or Errors and Omissions Insurance availed by its members through DOCTORSHIELD.

General terms and conditions of Doctorshield

• Any Registered Medical Practitioner or Medical Establishment in India can take the member ship of DOCTORSHIELD, after remitting the requisite membership fee.
• DOCTORSHIELD cover will start from the day of remittance of the membership fee along with the completion of documentation of membership agreement.
• Interpretation of the case means, the cause of action of any case initiated, against the prescription or the treatment rolled out / started from the date of becoming the member till the expiry of the membership, with DOCTORSHIELD.
• Even after the expiry of the membership, if any case, initiated against our ex-member, for which the treatment was initiated during the period of our membership, DOCTORSHIELD shall handle such cases without any additional fee / charges.
• Pre-membership cases shall attract the applicable pre-membership legal fee which shall be decided by the DOCTORSHIELD Legal Cell.
• DOCTORSHIELD membership will cover medical practices/services all over India. Members are at liberty to practice anywhere in India.
• DOCTORSHIELD shall send the membership agreement documents along with the enrolment letter, DOCTORSHIELD’s Payment Receipt (if already not issued), Indemnity Policy documents, Membership Card & Medical Consent Form, directly at the members address, after enrolment & renewal of membership.
• DOCTORSHIELD will process the documentation of the claims, according to the original insurance contract, renewable every year. Delay in renewing the policy due to the fault of member shall automatically cease the monetary liability.
• Compulsory excess for Medical Establishment coverage applicable. The insured Medical Establishment shall bear for each and every claim a Compulsory Excess of 0.25 percent of the indemnity limit shown in the schedule subject to a minimum of Rs. 1000/- and a maximum of Rs. 1,00,000/-, as per the insurance contract.
• DOCTORSHIELD Members are required to contact on any of our helpline mobile line nos. in case of any legal problem.
• DOCTORSHIELD Members are requested to quote the membership number mentioned in the membership card for all enquiry or correspondence. DOCTORSHIELD Members are requested to quote the membership number mentioned in the membership card for all enquiry or correspondence.
• All payment should be made in A/c payee cheque favoring ‘EXPERTS DOCTORS SHIELD CONSULTANTS LIMITED”. Cash payment is strictly banned. Paying the membership or premium in cash is strictly on the responsibility and risk of the member and DOCTORSHIELD is not responsible for the misappropriation or manipulation made by any employee.
• Discontinuation of the membership at any stage is not permissible and no refund of member- ship fee will be made under any circumstances.
• That the membership is vaild for the opted