MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT ESI HOSPITAL, NEW DELHI V/s. RAM AVADH PAL (REVISION PETITION NO. 613 OF 2007) ORDER DATED: 24.01.2017 FACTS: The Complainant’s wife in 2001 gave birth to a female child at ESI Hospital and thereafter she underwent the sterilisation operation by Pomeroy’s Method wherein pieces from each of the Fallopian tubes were removed However,…
ORDER DATED: 26.02.2019 State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, West Bengal FACTS: Tania, a teenager of sixteen visited Dr. Patra with complain of irregular and menstrual bleeding. The doctor diagnosed her Systemic Lupus Erythematosas (SLE), a rare autoimmune disease and prescribed medicines accordingly. The patient was under Dr. Patra’s care for more than a year during…
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has recently directed a city-based Manipal Hospital to pay compensation of Rs. 21 lakh for performing deficiency in providing treatment to minor suffering from dengue. The facts are that a 12 year old patient, who was admitted to Bapuji Child Health Research Institute and Research Centre, Davanagere on 14th…
ORDER DATED: 10.08.2018 The Delhi High Court upheld the Medical Council of India order calling for removal of a gynecologist’s name from the Indian Medical Registrar for 15 days. This came after the Council held her guilty of negligence in providing post-operative care to a patient after childbirth which left her suffering from a permanent…
SRI AMALENDU BHATTACHARYYA v. DR. A. S. MAHAPATRA & ORS. (STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION WEST BENGAL, FIRST APPEAL NO. A/966/2016) ORDER DATED: 24.02.2018 FACTS: Amalendu visited Dr. Bhattacharya with complain of pain in the abdomen. The doctor admitted the patient at Medinipur Nursing Home and performed USG and diagnosed him to be suffering from…
A hospital would be well-advised to diligently and thoroughly update and maintain treatment records, as this could be one of the strongest defence they can present when facing a case of medical negligence. Krishna Devi was pregnant, due to deliver and hence was taken to Jain Hospital at 3 PM. The doctors at the hospital,…
ORDER DATED: 30.12.2018 FACTS:On 7.11.2012, the Complainant got his father admitted in Roy Nursing Home, OP No. 2 under OP No. 1 with complaint of gallbladder stone as well as CBD stone. After admission, Dr. Biswas operated upon the patient and removed stone from gallbladder and Common Bile Duct (CBD) with fitting of T-tube for letting…
State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (Complaint Case No. CC/331/2014) ORDER DATED: 30.12.2018 FACTS: On 7.11.2012, the Complainant got his father admitted in Roy Nursing Home, OP No. 2 under OP No. 1 with complaint of gallbladder stone as well as CBD stone. After admission, Dr. Biswas operated upon the patient and removed stone from gallbladder…
SMT. YASHODA GOYAL v. DR. AHUJA’S PATHOLOGY & IMAGING CENTRE & ORS. (SCDRC, Uttarakhand, Dehradun- C.C. No. 04/2006) ORDER DATED: 13.03.2018 FACTS: The Complainant had visited Dr. Pradeep Sharda, for check-up as she had pain near her breast. After check-up, she was referred to Dr. Ahuja’s Pathology & Imaging Centre (OP-1) for further tests. Dr….
C. THILAKANANDAN AND ORS. Vs. NATURE LIFE HOSPITAL AND ORS.