Medical council suspends MBBS doctor for 3 months for practising anaesthesia without registered additional qualification

According to the daily, the patient was admitted to Shaheed Hospital for treatment on 12 December 2019. After taking him out of the operation theatre, the doctors informed the patient's family that he would regain consciousness after some time. However, the patient did eventually passed away. 

Acting on the complaint of the family, the council held a meeting on 16.06.22 and found the accused doctor guilty of negligence on the ground that he did not have the necessary qualification to perform anaesthesia, yet he treated the patient.

Hence, the council took action under the Indian Medical Council, (Professional Conduct, Etiquette, and Ethics) Regulation 2002 Act and suspended the registration of the doctor for three months.

As per a recent media report by Jagran, the family members of the deceased approached Health Minister Shiromani Mathur and demanded strict action against two doctors involved in handling the patient. The father of the deceased claimed that his son was stable before the operation. Due to the wrong treatment provided by the two accused doctors, his condition deteriorated after the operation and he eventually passed away, they said.

The council has also suspended the registration of another doctor involved in the case as he also treated the patient in a discipline despite not having the necessary qualification in that particular field, adds the daily.