Health Bulletin 10/ February/ 2025

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) upheld the order of the Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Court directing a Kanpur-based hospital and its doctor to pay Rs 4.4 lakh compensation to a man, whose wife died of septicaemia and shock after undergoing gall bladder surgery at the hospital.

After taking note of the post-mortem report, the Apex Consumer Court noted that the patient had indeed died of septicaemia at the age of 26 years. Further, the Commission noted that both the District and State Commission had held that septicaemia had developed as the hospital and doctor did not take proper care after the first surgery.

Doctors are upset with the matter that the National Board of Examinations (NBE) has not allotted any National Eligibility Entrance Test for Super Speciality Courses (NEET-SS) centre in Srinagar this year as well.

Due to this, more than thousand doctors, who are willing to pursue super-specialty courses, will have to travel to Jammu next month to appear in the examination.

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In a decisive move to uphold discipline and ensure high-quality care for patients, two faculty members of GSVM Medical College in Kanpur have been dismissed for repeatedly staying absent from their duties. The decision was made in accordance with the directive of Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak.

This move is expected to send a strong message to other medical professionals in the state about the importance of adhering to professional conduct and the consequences of neglecting their duties.