WB Medical Council Suspends two doctors for medical negligence

The patient's wound at the surgical site burst open two months later, she was advised by Dr Vohra to be admitted to hospital for the vaginal vault examination and entrusted Dr John Mathews, general surgeon at CMRI, with the job as Vohra would be on vacation, TOI reported earlier. She was then operated for sinus tract infection over the abdominal wall and Dr John concluded that no foreign body was found.

However, still not convinced and relieved the patient got two more X-rays done and sent them to Delhi for another opinion, which confirmed the presence of a foreign body and suggested immediate removal. The patient then went under the care of Dr S K Agarwal, senior gastro surgeon at Kothari Medical Centre (KMC), who operated on her only to remove a single flat cotton tape like material measuring 15 cm and 1cm. As with the infection, the patient's colon was damaged, the first underwent a loop ileostomy and then a few months later an ileostomy closure.

Dissatisfied the patient filed a complaint with the police as well as the WB Medical Council. Now, five years later, finding the doctors guilty, the council has suspended Dr Mridula Vohra for a period of 18 months, while writing to Bihar medical Council to remove Dr Matthew's name from the Medical Register for 24 months.

Both the doctors are going to challenge the council decision, adds the TOI report.