Infant born without hand, leg: Gynaecologist, Sonologist slapped with Rs 10 lakh compensation

The District Consumer Court Redressal Forum, Odisha has directed a hospital and its gynaecologist as well as its sonologist to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs for allegedly providing a couple with poorly analyzed ultrasound reports which resulted in the birth of a physically-challenged male child.

The case goes back to the year 2021 when a patient- first-time pregnant was under the care of Dr Himanshu Sarangi gynecologist at the C.H.C. Patakura. The doctor advised the patient to get regular checkups and ultrasounds done for safe monitoring of the pregnancy. The patient thereafter went to L&P Hospital for her timely ultrasounds where she got her three ultrasounds done and all three ultrasound reports were seen as normal which showed that there was no complication in the patient's pregnancy and the child in her womb was absolutely healthy without any kind of deformity. As per the advice given by doctors, the patient took her regular medicines and got admitted in Cure Well Hospital on 11th September, 2021 to give birth to her child.

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Infant Born Without Hand, Leg: Gynaecologist, Sonologist Slapped With Rs 10 Lakh Compensation