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Coimbatore Hospital ordered to pay Rs 6.35 Lakh Compensation to patient for Medical Negligence
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) in Coimbatore recently directed a private hospital to pay Rs 6.35 lakh to a patient who contracted Hepatitis B after undergoing a blood transfusion at the hospital while being admitted there for delivery.
While considering the consumer complaint filed by the woman, the District Consumer Court directed the hospital to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation and Rs 1.35 lakh towards medical expenses for the patient, who developed liver-related complications after contracting Hepatitis B. Apart from this, the hospital has also been directed to pay Rs 5000 as litigation expenses.
During her pregnancy, the patient, who hails from Coimbatore, visited the hospital on Puliakulam Road for regular check-ups to ensure that her baby was healthy. When she visited the facility on October 3, 2022, she was advised to undergo a blood test; the report showed that the presence of HBsAg (Hepatitis B surface antigen) in her blood was non-reactive.
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Transfer of 3 RG Kar Doctors: Calcutta HC seeks Govt's response
While considering a plea filed by three junior doctors challenging their posting orders, a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court recently directed the State Government to inform the Court about the criteria used for posting junior doctors in the hospitals.
The plea before the High Court has been filed by three junior doctors- Debashis Halder, Asfakulla Naiya, and Aniket Mahata. All of them were among prominent faces during the junior doctors' protest following the brutal rape and murder of a PG resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Filing the plea, these doctors challenged their postings, alleging vindictiveness. These doctors, now senior doctors, received postings at hospitals, which were not selected by them during the counselling process in March.
The counselling process allows junior doctors to choose hospitals based on their rank on the merit list. However, after the State Health Department issued the final posting order in May, these doctors were shocked to find that they were assigned to hospitals that they did not choose during the counselling process.
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How are Posting Orders Decided for Junior Doctors? Calcutta HC asks State
Lack of immunohematology, blood transfusion depts violates NMC guidelines: HC
Considering that medical students should not suffer academically, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the state government to establish a Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion in all government medical colleges within six months.
The decision is based on guidelines issued by the National Medical Commission (NMC), which require the transformation of blood banks into fully functional academic departments. The court noted that the absence of such a department contravenes guidelines set by the National Medical Commission, adversely affecting students and healthcare standards.
The bench, led by Justice Sandeep Sharma, observed,"It cannot be disputed that the Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion is very much essential in a Medical College. Though this Court is fully alive to the situation that it is the sole prerogative of the Government to create infrastructure or a Department in a College or Department concerned, having taken note of the urgency in the matter, where NMC guidelines themselves provide for creation of the Department… this Court has issued aforesaid direction."
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Absence of immunohematology, blood transfusion depts contravenes NMC guidelines: HC
MoHFW team inspects AIIMS Bhopal over alleged inflated medicine prices
Bhopal MP Alok Sharma has alleged that medicines are purchased at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal at inflated prices. In response, a team of officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) visited the institute to check the documents related to the purchase of medicines.
The central team visited AIIMS Bhopal on Thursday morning and examined the documents related to the purchase of medicines. The team also met the director of the institute and took information about the purchase process.
Earlier, the matter was also raised before the AIIMS Finance Standing Committee in a meeting held in Delhi. The meeting was held on May 15 in New Delhi in the presence of Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Shrivastava. Sharma said, "In the meeting, I complained about the high prices of medicines being purchased by AIIMS Bhopal. They assured me that the matter will be investigated."
According to an India Today news report, the complaint filed by Bhopal MP Alok Sharma, who is also a member of the AIIMS standing committee, states that the prices of medicines purchased by AIIMS Bhopal are much more expensive compared to AIIMS in other states of India.
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Allegations of Inflated Medicine Prices: MoHFW team inspects AIIMS Bhopal
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