Not mentioning RAPE, MEDICO-LEGAL in case report: 6 medicos stare at Suspension, Criminal charges
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Chennai: Not following the correct protocol when it came to handling a medico-legal case is going to prove costly to 6 doctors of a medical college hospital in the area, as the health department has now ordered initiation of action against them. The doctors are likely to face serious actions which may include suspension as well as criminal charges, point out the recent media reports.
The Tamil Nadu Health Department has recently written to Medical Education Department, ordering serious action against six attending doctors of Dharmapuri Medical College and Hospital for allegedly failing to mention "rape" or labelling "medico-legal" in a case report of a 17 a year old girl. The health department demanded the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the medicos for performing negligence in handling such a sensitive case.
The case took place last year on November 5th when the minor girl was allegedly raped by two men at Sittilingi village in Dharmapuri.
On November 6th, she was taken to the Harur government hospital where a doctor on duty confirmed it to b a rape and then the FIR was filed in this regard. On the very same day, she was referred to a children's home based in Dharmapuri.
On November 7th, she was brought to the Dharmapuri Government Medical College and Hospital with severe complaints of bleeding, giddiness, and vomiting. Three days after her admission, on the 10th November, the minor succumbed to injuries and died in the hospital.
The Tamil Nadu Health Department has recently written to Medical Education Department, ordering serious action against six attending doctors of Dharmapuri Medical College and Hospital for allegedly failing to mention "rape" or labelling "medico-legal" in a case report of a 17 a year old girl. The health department demanded the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against the medicos for performing negligence in handling such a sensitive case.
The case took place last year on November 5th when the minor girl was allegedly raped by two men at Sittilingi village in Dharmapuri.
On November 6th, she was taken to the Harur government hospital where a doctor on duty confirmed it to b a rape and then the FIR was filed in this regard. On the very same day, she was referred to a children's home based in Dharmapuri.
On November 7th, she was brought to the Dharmapuri Government Medical College and Hospital with severe complaints of bleeding, giddiness, and vomiting. Three days after her admission, on the 10th November, the minor succumbed to injuries and died in the hospital.
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