Two doctors to pay Rs 17 L for negligence in baby's delivery
April 29, 2014 19:49
A Noida-based private maternity care centre along with its two doctors have been directed by the apex consumer commission to pay a compensation of Rs 17 lakh for "negligence" while delivering a baby who became permanently disabled.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission upheld the order of the UP Consumer Commission and directed Singhal Maternity and Medical Centre along with its two owners Dr Pratibha Singhal and Dr RK Singhal to pay the compensation amount to Noida residents, Bijender Varma and his wife Renu whose son was left paralysed at the time of his birth in 2002 due to medical negligence.
"It is clear that as far as the ante-natal care checks are concerned, despite being well qualified doctors, they did not exercise the reasonable degree of care and skill that was required in the instant case both in terms of conducting the ante-natal checks and the diagnosis thereof.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission upheld the order of the UP Consumer Commission and directed Singhal Maternity and Medical Centre along with its two owners Dr Pratibha Singhal and Dr RK Singhal to pay the compensation amount to Noida residents, Bijender Varma and his wife Renu whose son was left paralysed at the time of his birth in 2002 due to medical negligence.
"It is clear that as far as the ante-natal care checks are concerned, despite being well qualified doctors, they did not exercise the reasonable degree of care and skill that was required in the instant case both in terms of conducting the ante-natal checks and the diagnosis thereof.
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