Medical negligence at Fortis: DMC orders inquiry; FIR lodged
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The Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has ordered an inquiry into the case of alleged medical negligence at Fortis Hospital here even as the hospital authority has sacked five of its staffers, including two orthopaedic surgeons, in this connection.
The family of a 24-year-old youth have accused doctors at Fortis hospital Shalimarbagh of wrongly operating upon the left leg of him instead of the injured right leg.
The DMC, which has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter, will conduct an inquiry and take appropriate action, DMC Secretary Girish Tyagi said.
"A Delhi Medical Council team will visit the hospital tomorrow and go through all the documents. We will also hold conversations with the staff and doctors who were present during the surgery at the operation theatre.
"The hospital may have sacked the doctors and staffers at fault but they will join some other hospital. So we have to conduct an independent inquiry. If found at fault, their licenses will be cancelled," said Tyagi.
The family of a 24-year-old youth have accused doctors at Fortis hospital Shalimarbagh of wrongly operating upon the left leg of him instead of the injured right leg.
The DMC, which has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter, will conduct an inquiry and take appropriate action, DMC Secretary Girish Tyagi said.
"A Delhi Medical Council team will visit the hospital tomorrow and go through all the documents. We will also hold conversations with the staff and doctors who were present during the surgery at the operation theatre.
"The hospital may have sacked the doctors and staffers at fault but they will join some other hospital. So we have to conduct an independent inquiry. If found at fault, their licenses will be cancelled," said Tyagi.
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