Anaesthetist Alleges Wrongful Removal of Kidney, Consumer Court junks plea

Surat: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Bharuch recently turned down the plea for compensation by a doctor, who alleged that his kidney was wrongfully removed based on a Vadodara-based pathology laboratory's report.

It was mentioned in the said report that the tumour in the kidney "could be cancerous". Later a CT scan was done at SRL Diagnostics stating the possibility of cancer and two days after this, the complainant doctor, who is an anesthetist, was operated at Nadiad-based Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital back in April 2020. 

However, the doctor alleged that his kidney was wrongfully removed, and approaching the District Consumer Court, Bharuch, he demanded Rs 49 lakh compensation.

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As per the latest media report by the Times of India, the matter goes back to March 2020 when the complainant Dr. Jadav was suffering from a high fever. Following this, he approached the treating doctor Dr. Anand. 

Based on the advice of the treating doctor, the complainant underwent several tests including sonography, blood tests, and a CT scan. After the report expressed the possibility that the tumour could be malignant, he was referred to the Nadiad-based hospital for further treatment.

Consequently, on the basis of the report, the hospital performed the surgery on May 1, 2020, and removed the right kidney of the complainant doctor. For the operation, the hospital charged him Rs 1.71 lakh.

After the operation, the samples were sent for biopsy. However, the biopsy report revealed that the tumour was non-cancerous. Thereafter, the complainant, who is a doctor himself, filed a complaint alleging medical negligence against Muljibhai Hospital and SRL Diagnostics.

In the complaint, Dr Jadav mentioned, "The hospital had wrongly removed the kidney and also relied on the lab’s report. The hospital did not ask for any report independently." He contended that as per the medical jurisprudence, the doctor should have gone for the patient's reports before operating on him.

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