"Write Prescriptions In Legible Handwriting": Orrisa Court Tells Doctors

The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to issue a circular asking doctors to write all prescriptions and medico-legal reports in legible handwriting, if possible, in capital letters or in a typed form. This will ensure that the judicial system does not suffer from “unnecessary fatigue” in reading those documents, the order said. This direction came from the High Court last week when Justice S K Panigrahi found it difficult to decide a case, as the post-mortem examination report annexed in the petition was not legible and could not be comprehended. A petitioner had approached the court seeking a direction to the government to consider his representation for ex-gratia assistance as his elder son had died due to snakebite.