Wrong Ovary Removed: Consumer Forum directs Govt Hospital to Compensate patient
Chennai: The South Chennai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered the city-based Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children, to compensate an aggrieved patient for firstly reporting the wrong diagnosis, on then, on the basis of that report, negligently conducting a complex surgery.
The case is that of a patient, who approached a private scan centre after she developed abdominal pain and vomiting. At the scanning centre, she had undergone Urine Pregnancy Test and USG. The results of these tests showed that she was having an ectopic pregnancy in the left ovary (left ovarian pregnancy).
Later, she went to Kasturba Hospital where she once again went certain tests. The test report read, “right ovary enlarged c/s: Encapsulated mass in the rt ovary.” Subsequently, the patient underwent laparoscopy operation for the removal of her right ovary. Even after the surgery, the patient had persistent pain.
Therefore, she visited the Joseph Nursing Home where the operation of ‘Laparoscopic Evaluation of Tubal Abortion Indication: Left Ectopic Anaesthesia: GA’ was conducted. The report from the nursing home clearly indicated:
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