Consumer Forum fines doctors for faulty hospital machinery
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Mumbai : Sion hospital, one of Mumbai's biggest government hospitals as well as three doctors associated with it have been slapped with a compensation of around Rs 7 lakhs, recently by the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum.
The fine comes after a woman suffered severe burns while undergoing a bypass surgery as the electrical equipment used to maintain body temperature allegedly went up to a high of 45°C during the surgery.
The case goes back to year 2000, when one patient Kamal Dhawan went to Sion hospital for a bypass surgery. The surgery was performed under the overall supervision of Dr Anil Tendulkar, with Dr Kumud Golam as the anaesthetist as well as two doctors, one whose name was deleted from the complaint and Dr Nityanand Thakur as assistant surgeons.
The patient alleged that during the surgery an electrical equipment was used to maintain the body temperature and she complained to the doctor that the OT table was extremely hot. She further alleged that despite this, the doctors doctors ignored complaints, and tried to force her down to the table, despite her screaming. Thereafter she went under the effect of anaesthesia. When she regained consciousness post the surgery, she had developed severe blisters on her back due to her burns and was in severe pain.
The fine comes after a woman suffered severe burns while undergoing a bypass surgery as the electrical equipment used to maintain body temperature allegedly went up to a high of 45°C during the surgery.
The case goes back to year 2000, when one patient Kamal Dhawan went to Sion hospital for a bypass surgery. The surgery was performed under the overall supervision of Dr Anil Tendulkar, with Dr Kumud Golam as the anaesthetist as well as two doctors, one whose name was deleted from the complaint and Dr Nityanand Thakur as assistant surgeons.
The patient alleged that during the surgery an electrical equipment was used to maintain the body temperature and she complained to the doctor that the OT table was extremely hot. She further alleged that despite this, the doctors doctors ignored complaints, and tried to force her down to the table, despite her screaming. Thereafter she went under the effect of anaesthesia. When she regained consciousness post the surgery, she had developed severe blisters on her back due to her burns and was in severe pain.
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