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A person was advised by his ohopedic surgeon to get regular dressing of his wound done. But the patient did not give much care. During follow-up, patient was repeatedly told to get the dressing done timely but patient didn’t do the dressing himself, saying that he was busy. Finally the wound enlarged and the underlying bone developed osteomyelitis. Which of the following statement is true regarding above-mentioned situation?

ADoctor is guilty under "Last clear chance" doctrine
BDoctor is not guilty under "Contributory negligence"
CDoctor is punishable under avoidable negligence
DDoctor is guilty as he prescribed wrong medicines
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