Delay in Appendix surgery leading to death: NCDRC asks WB hosp, doctor to pay Rs 3.4 lakh
New Delhi: Apex consumer commission NCDRC has directed a hospital in West Bengal and its doctor to pay Rs 3.4 lakh as compensation to the family of a 15-year old girl, who died due to delay in surgery, saying timely treatment would have increased her chance of survival.
The girl was admitted to the hospital suffering from appendicular perforation and she was advised to seek treatment elsewhere.
When her father expressed inability to shift her, the doctor conducted the operation later that night, saying there was no availability of a surgical team earlier.
However, her condition deteriorated further and she was transferred to another hospital with ventilator support accompanied by the surgical team. The girl was declared dead the next day.
Observing that timely treatment would have given her a shot at life, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed Arogya Niketan Nursing Home Village in Paschim Medinipore, West Bengal, to pay Rs 1 lakh and Dr Madhusudan Pal, the treating doctor, to pay Rs 2 lakh to the father of the girl.
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