Terms of Use
1. Nature of the website
PreAnesthesia.com is an informational publication. No medical, telemedicine, consulting, referral, appointment, diagnostic, treatment or other professional service is offered through the public website.
2. Acceptance of these Terms
By accessing or using the website, you acknowledge these Terms of Use and the Medical Disclaimer. If you do not agree, do not rely on or use the website.
3. Permitted use
You may read and use the website for personal education, patient education within an appropriate clinical relationship, study and other lawful non-commercial purposes. You may not use the site to impersonate PreAnesthesia.com or Dr Preethi B. Reddy, misrepresent site content as a personalised medical instruction, or reproduce substantial portions of the site as your own publication.
4. No professional relationship
Use of the site does not create a doctor-patient, clinician-patient, advisory, fiduciary, employment, partnership, agency or other professional relationship with PreAnesthesia.com, Dr Preethi B. Reddy, its authors, reviewers or contributors.
5. No individual reliance
The website is not a substitute for individual assessment. You are responsible for obtaining appropriate professional advice for decisions concerning medicines, fasting, investigations, symptoms, surgery, anaesthesia or other healthcare matters.
6. Healthcare-professional use
Clinician material is a reference summary only. Healthcare professionals are responsible for independent verification and for the decisions they make in the context of an actual patient.
7. Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, original text, organisation, graphics and site materials are protected by applicable intellectual-property law. Linking to public pages is permitted. Republishing, scraping, systematically copying, selling, licensing or creating a competing database from substantial site content requires permission from the rights holder, except where applicable law permits otherwise.
8. No user submissions
The website does not provide a channel for submitting medical records, case histories, documents, questions, comments or other user content. Visitors should not attempt to send personal or health information to PreAnesthesia.com through technical workarounds or third-party channels.
9. External resources
Links to professional societies, journals, government resources or other websites are provided for convenience and source verification. External sites are independent and their terms and privacy practices apply when you leave PreAnesthesia.com.
10. Availability and changes
Content, structure and availability may be changed, corrected, updated, suspended or withdrawn without prior notice. A past version of a page should not be assumed to represent current guidance.
11. No warranties
The website is provided on an “as available” and general-information basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no warranty is made that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, complete, suitable for a particular purpose or applicable to a particular person, procedure or jurisdiction.
12. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, PreAnesthesia.com, its founder, editor, authors, reviewers and contributors will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential or other loss arising from use of or reliance on the website, particularly where general information is used instead of individual professional assessment. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms and use of the website are governed by the laws of India. Subject to any mandatory law that applies, courts having competent jurisdiction in Bengaluru, Karnataka shall have jurisdiction in relation to disputes concerning the website.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
15. Changes to these Terms
The Terms may be revised as the website changes. The version published on the website at the time of use is the applicable public version.