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‘Defensive medicine, risk aversion’ — why doctors are on edge over new law on death by negligence
New Delhi: As the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC) this month, the central government clarified Tuesday that punishment for doctors proven guilty of causing death by negligence remains the same as earlier (imprisonment for …