4 Days delay in Remedial steps costs Hospital, Gynaec, Anaesthetist Rs 12 Lakhs
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"4 days delay in taking remedial steps proved to be harmful to the patient and it jointly costed Rs. 12 lakhs to the Gynaec, Anesthetist and the Hospital "
Case Details :
DR. SUTAPA DASGUPT & ANR, KOLKATA V/s. TAPAN KAR & ANR. REVISION PETITION NO. 315 OF 2016, decided on 18 May 2017. This revision is directed against the order of the State Commission West Bengal dated 30.10.2015 in first appeal No.FA/142/2013.
Facts in short.
1.The wife of the Complainant i.e.Ms. Gopa Kar (patient) was admitted for delivery of baby by C-Section at Zenith Super Specialty Hospital on 15th December, 2010.
2.On the same day, she was administered anesthesia by the Petitioner No.1 Doctor in her spinal cord and thereafter caesarean section surgery was conducted and she delivered a male child.
3. But soon after regaining consciousness after delivery the patient had complaint that her lower limbs were paralyzed and there was no sensation before or at the time of passing urine and stool.
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