Kolkata hospital, Cardiologist held guilty of Botched Informed Consent
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Kolkata: The West Bengal Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held a city-based private hospital and its senior cardiologist guilty of botched informed consent leading to the death of a patient, and ordered it to pay a compensation of Rs 3 lakh in addition to Rs 25,000 as litigation fee to the deceased's kin.
The Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) and senior cardiologist J. Naik, working for the hospital in 2009, were found guilty of medical negligence and mismanagement, in a case of follow-up coronary angi gram (CAG), leading to the death of a retired Commander of the Indian Air Force, Robin Verma.
The top consumer court of the state ruled that there was "deficiency in service and negligence" on the part of the institute and the doctor.
The complaint was lodged by the deceased's daughter Jayeeta Verma Sarkar. She had claimed Rs 85 lakh for "gross negligence" by the hospital in treating the patient, resulting in his "death", and penal damages of Rs 10 lakh.
The court noted the complainant is entitled to get the compensation of Rs 3 lakh and a litigation cost of Rs 25,000 within 45 days from the date of the ruling, failing which 9 per cent interest would be added to the amount.
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