Pune: 11 Doctors including Chief Cardiac Surgeon Booked under IPC 304A for death of patient
The panel’s report stated that the patient was “not given proper treatment for medical complications that arose during surgery and this prima facie indicated negligence”.
Pune: A team of 11 doctors of Rasiklal M Dhariwal Heart Care and Research Institute in Fatimanagar has been booked under IPC Section 304 (A) for alleged medical negligence in providing proper treatment for heart surgery patient which led to his death. The FIR was registered after an expert committee of Sassoon General Hospital doctors held negligence on the part of the doctors
A recent report in Times of India talks about the case of a 34 year old cardiac patient from Osmanabad district. He was admitted to the hospital in Wanowrie for heart surgery on April 12th, 2018.
On April 14th , 2018, the surgery was conducted by the institute’s chief cardiac surgeon and medical director, Dr Ranjit Jagtap along with 10 more doctors in a team. The patient died on April 17th 2018 after complications
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A complaint was filed by the deceased patient’s wife in the Wanowrie police where she alleged deficiency in providing treatment from the doctors’ end. In her complaint she alleged given her husband's age and health, the doctors opted for minimal invasive surgery instead of an open heart surgery adding that she was assured that her husband would recover in short time and would be discharged within 8 days
She added that the surgeon informed her on April 14, 2018 that the surgery was successful. However, a couple of hours later, he told her that they had to perform another surgery to address an undetected hole in the valve. The patient remained on the ventilator support till his death. She alleged that doctors kept telling her that he was kept in a state of unconsciousness as part of treatment reports TOI. However, on 17th April, she was informed that the condition of the patient was serious and he soon passed away thereafter.
As per protocol, the matter was to be referred to an expert committee
The police also performed an in-camera post-mortem on the deceased's body after which the matter was referred to Sassoon General Hospital’s experts’ committee for an opinion.
The panel’s report stated that the patient was “not given proper treatment for medical complications that arose during surgery and this prima facie indicated negligence”.
“The patient was put on ventilator after his condition deteriorated due to complications during surgery and death resulted due to the complications during surgery,” the Sassoon hospital report further states.
Based not the report of the expert committee ,The doctors have been booked under section 304 (A) of IPC for causing death by negligence.
The patient's wife told TOI, “The doctors avoided sharing details on what went wrong while performing three surgeries, including two bypass surgeries and a valve replacement. Our doubts were confirmed as the Sassoon hospital’s experts’ committee came to the conclusion that my husband died due to medical negligence.”
The Chief Cardiac Surgeon and Medical Director of the hospital who has been indicted in the case informed the daily that they are soon going to challenge the report of Sasson General Hospital and are now exploring their legal options
Dr Jagtap informed that while the panel was correct in making the observations about the complications in the surgery but the complications were of common occurrence in a cardiac surgery and they took all the measures in tackling the complications and hence no negligence can be attributed to the doctors
Dr Jagtap told TOI, “The surgery was carried out successfully. However, when the patient was still on the operation table, he developed complications, including bleeding from the thin aorta and low blood pressure, which are common.”
“We opened his chest through the sternum (chest bone) and to support him during the surgery he was put on the heart and lung machine. The source of bleeding was tackled and successfully treated. The patient was then shifted to the intensive care unit for monitoring as every patient who undergoes an open heart surgery needs ventilator support in the initial 24 hours post-surgery,” he further added.
Unfortunately the patient developed complications on account of the bleeding and low BP along with multi-organ failure, the surgeon added. “He succumbed to complications on the fourth day ,” Jagtap said.
Pune: A team of 11 doctors of Rasiklal M Dhariwal Heart Care and Research Institute in Fatimanagar has been booked under IPC Section 304 (A) for alleged medical negligence in providing proper treatment for heart surgery patient which led to his death. The FIR was registered after an expert committee of Sassoon General Hospital doctors held negligence on the part of the doctors
A recent report in Times of India talks about the case of a 34 year old cardiac patient from Osmanabad district. He was admitted to the hospital in Wanowrie for heart surgery on April 12th, 2018.
On April 14th , 2018, the surgery was conducted by the institute’s chief cardiac surgeon and medical director, Dr Ranjit Jagtap along with 10 more doctors in a team. The patient died on April 17th 2018 after complications
Read Also: Patient dies at govt hospital, family alleges negligence
A complaint was filed by the deceased patient’s wife in the Wanowrie police where she alleged deficiency in providing treatment from the doctors’ end. In her complaint she alleged given her husband's age and health, the doctors opted for minimal invasive surgery instead of an open heart surgery adding that she was assured that her husband would recover in short time and would be discharged within 8 days
She added that the surgeon informed her on April 14, 2018 that the surgery was successful. However, a couple of hours later, he told her that they had to perform another surgery to address an undetected hole in the valve. The patient remained on the ventilator support till his death. She alleged that doctors kept telling her that he was kept in a state of unconsciousness as part of treatment reports TOI. However, on 17th April, she was informed that the condition of the patient was serious and he soon passed away thereafter.
As per protocol, the matter was to be referred to an expert committee
The police also performed an in-camera post-mortem on the deceased's body after which the matter was referred to Sassoon General Hospital’s experts’ committee for an opinion.
The panel’s report stated that the patient was “not given proper treatment for medical complications that arose during surgery and this prima facie indicated negligence”.
“The patient was put on ventilator after his condition deteriorated due to complications during surgery and death resulted due to the complications during surgery,” the Sassoon hospital report further states.
Based not the report of the expert committee ,The doctors have been booked under section 304 (A) of IPC for causing death by negligence.
The patient's wife told TOI, “The doctors avoided sharing details on what went wrong while performing three surgeries, including two bypass surgeries and a valve replacement. Our doubts were confirmed as the Sassoon hospital’s experts’ committee came to the conclusion that my husband died due to medical negligence.”
Doctor's Defence
The Chief Cardiac Surgeon and Medical Director of the hospital who has been indicted in the case informed the daily that they are soon going to challenge the report of Sasson General Hospital and are now exploring their legal options
Dr Jagtap informed that while the panel was correct in making the observations about the complications in the surgery but the complications were of common occurrence in a cardiac surgery and they took all the measures in tackling the complications and hence no negligence can be attributed to the doctors
Dr Jagtap told TOI, “The surgery was carried out successfully. However, when the patient was still on the operation table, he developed complications, including bleeding from the thin aorta and low blood pressure, which are common.”
“We opened his chest through the sternum (chest bone) and to support him during the surgery he was put on the heart and lung machine. The source of bleeding was tackled and successfully treated. The patient was then shifted to the intensive care unit for monitoring as every patient who undergoes an open heart surgery needs ventilator support in the initial 24 hours post-surgery,” he further added.
Unfortunately the patient developed complications on account of the bleeding and low BP along with multi-organ failure, the surgeon added. “He succumbed to complications on the fourth day ,” Jagtap said.
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