Premature newborn loses fingers - Gynaecologist, hospital ordered to pay Rs 33.75 compensation
Premature newborn loses fingers due to medical negligence- Gynaecologist, hospital slapped Rs 33.75 compensation
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, North Chennai, recently directed a gynaecologist and a city-based hospital to pay Rs 33.75 lakh compensation to a woman, a dentist by profession, after finding them guilty of medical negligence causing severe and permanent injuries to her newborn baby.
It was alleged that the doctor and the hospital conducted a cervical pessary procedure (which is a non-invasive insertion of a silicone ring in the vagina to support the cervix) without obtaining due consent. This, allegedly, resulted in the preterm delivery of the infant at 24 weeks, and the newborn baby boy also lost five fingers due to gangrene.
PTI has reported that the Commission observed that the hospital and the doctor "failed to justify the emergency nature of the procedure or explain why consent was bypassed."
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