Urinary Bladder cut during emergency operation for labour: Nursing Home directed to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation

Balurghat: Following an investigation, the South Dinajpur District Health Department, West Bengal has directed a Balurghat-based Nursing Home authorities to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to the family of a pregnant woman, whose urinary bladder was wrongly cut during an emergency operation for her delivery.

Such a direction was given by the District Health authorities after the husband of the patient lodged a complaint and demanded a compensation for the alleged wrong operation. Thereafter, the Health Department set up a special team for investigating the matter and found the nursing home to be guilty of medical negligence, reports Millenium Post.

The matter goes back to February, earlier this year, when the pregnant woman was taken to the nursing home for labour pain. After examining the patient, a female gynecologist at the nursing home expressed the need for an emergency operation. 

Consequently, the operation was conducted by the doctor and Rs 50,000 was charged for the same. However, it has been alleged that soon after the operation, the patient's condition worsened and she was referred to Malda for treatment. As the condition kept deteriorating, ultimately the patient was referred to Kolkata.