WBCERC directs 3 hospitals to pay compensation for gross negligence, wrong treatment
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Calcutta: Cracking a whip on three private hospitals, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has levied a compensation on AMRI Hospital Salt Lake and CMRI hospital for being negligent in handling patients, while Durgapur Health World Hospital for misdiagnosis and wrong treatment.
A sum of rupees 91,000 has been levied on AMRI Hospital, while Durgapur Health World Hospital has been directed to pay rupees 50,000 and rupees 10,000 in two separate cases, further, CMRI Hospital has been asked to deliver rupees 25,000 as compensation.
In all three cases, the patients alleged gross medical negligence against the facilities. Two of these cases are related to providing the wrong treatment to patients.
The Millennium Post reports that, in the case of AMRI Hospital, a 68-year-old patient took admission to the hospital on August 18th after facing abdominal pain. She was detected with cancer and was later operated on. On her release, she complained about leakage in her abdomen. She was rushed to the hospital again. The doctor suggested her to undergo another operation. However, the patient eventually passed away. The hospital delivered a bill of rupees 2.5 lakhs for the first operation and 3.5 lakh for the next operation. Finding the facility negligent in treating the patient, the kin of the patient turned towards the commission for redressal.
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