Delhi Hospital fined Rs 30 lakh for hiring pharmacist to perform delivery
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New Delhi: In a recent judgement given by the Delhi State Consumer Forum, a hospital in New Delhi was saddled with a punitive costs of Rs 30 Lakh, after the forum found that it had employed a pharmacist as a doctor, who while performing a delivery left a needle inside a patient's uterus.
The case goes back to 2009, when a patient was admitted to Shree Jeewan Hospital for delivery and gave birth to a female child. However, while conducting the delivery,the doctors allegedly left a needle in her uterus leading to severe bleeding, Next day x-ray was conducted which revealed that a needle had been left in her uterus. Doctor Akash conducted the surgery later at night and needle was removed. Another ultrasound two months later revealed that her uterus had actually retroflexed. Demanding compensation the patient filed a complaint with the district forum
Expert committee report at Delhi Medical Council on the matter opined that the breaking of needle does happen occasionally during stitching of wounds and hence the hospital could not be held liable for negligence. The district court however, held the hospital guilty of negligence, which was then challenged with the state forum, in the concerned petition.
Simultaneously, patient filed an FIR with the police, which was challenged by the hospital in the High court. Police enquiry however revealed that there was tampering done by the hospital in the record which were then taken up by the high court
The case goes back to 2009, when a patient was admitted to Shree Jeewan Hospital for delivery and gave birth to a female child. However, while conducting the delivery,the doctors allegedly left a needle in her uterus leading to severe bleeding, Next day x-ray was conducted which revealed that a needle had been left in her uterus. Doctor Akash conducted the surgery later at night and needle was removed. Another ultrasound two months later revealed that her uterus had actually retroflexed. Demanding compensation the patient filed a complaint with the district forum
Expert committee report at Delhi Medical Council on the matter opined that the breaking of needle does happen occasionally during stitching of wounds and hence the hospital could not be held liable for negligence. The district court however, held the hospital guilty of negligence, which was then challenged with the state forum, in the concerned petition.
Simultaneously, patient filed an FIR with the police, which was challenged by the hospital in the High court. Police enquiry however revealed that there was tampering done by the hospital in the record which were then taken up by the high court
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