Right to life includes right to health and health care under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Thus when ever there is breach of this right and medical practitioner acts negligently, he becomes liable for medical negligence as a civil wrong. This issue has been the core of many a legal debate in the light of the inclusion of the medical profession in the list of services under the Consumer Protection Act. Now the patients have become the consumers and they can sue the doctors for their negligence.