Ahmedabad: The State Consumer Dispute Gujarat Rundressal commission has ordered a General Hospital for Ballasinor to pay RS 11.23 lakh compensation against relatives of patients after the doctor releases his left kidney after the patient is recognized to remove kidney stones.
Patients died four months after the vital organ was taken.
Consumer courts held back that hospitals have direct responsibility or representatives of the negligence of their employees – in this case the doctor operates.
“The employer is responsible not only for his own actions or commissions and negligence, but also for the negligence of his employees as long as actions occur in the course and scope of work.
This responsibility is in accordance with the principle of ‘Superior Respondents.” Means’ Leave the Main Answer’, “The court observed .
It ordered the hospital to pay compensation with interest of 7.5% since 2012.
in this case, Devendrabhai Raval from Kheda Kheda village in consultation with the General hospital of KMG Drivubhai in Balasinor for back pain and severe hardship.
in May 2011, he was diagnosed With a 14 mm stone in his left kidney.
Raval was advised to go to better facilities, but he chose to undergo surgery at the same hospital.
He was operated on September 3, 2011.
After surgery, the family was surprised when the doctor said that instead Instead of rock, the kidneys must be eliminated.
The doctor was quoted by the best interests of the patient.
When Rava l began to have a bigger problem in the urine, he was advised to switch to a kidney hospital in Nadiad.
Then when his condition deteriorated further, he was taken to IKDRC at Ahmedabad.
He gave up on kidney complications on January 8, 2012.
His widow, Miniben, approached the consumer dispute recovery commission in Nadiad, who in 2012 ordered doctors, hospitals and the United States insurance Co.
Ltd to pay compensation Rs 11.23 lakh to widows for medical negligence.
The district commission order carries hospitals and insurance companies to the State Commission for disputes regarding who should be considered responsible for paying compensation.
After hearing the dispute, the State Commission observed that hospitals had insurance policies for indoor and outdoor patients, but insurance companies were not responsible for medical negligence by treating doctors.
The surgery is only to remove the stone from the kidney and the approval is taken to remove stones, but the kidney is removed.
Thus, this is a clear case of negligence on the part of the doctor and hospital.