Man cries negligence over stillborn baby

Sunil Keswani, a call centre employee from Thane, is incenced and indignant after his first child was stillborn due to alleged medical negligence. Mr Keswani was counting down the number of days to when his wife would deliver their first child, when things took an unfortunate turn and their nine-month-old child died in his mother’s womb. Mr Keswani filed a complaint against the doctors of a private hospital for medical negligence with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) on March 14.
“When I took my nine-month-pregnant wife to a private hospital, they did not take proper care of her. Though she was suffering from high blood pressure and the water level in her womb was low, they did not do proper diagnosis and discharged her from the hospital which later led to medical complications and killed our child,” said Mr Keswani. “They did not even check the movement of the baby and sadly, he died on March 12,” he added.

Amputee gets verdict, but no justice

After fighting for 13 years, Raghavendra Rao, 39, won the first battle of his medical negligence case when the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held the accused doctor accountable of not taking proper consent before conducting the surgery.
A fine of Rs 25,000 was imposed on the doctor that was supposed to be handed over to the victim but even after a year has passed since the incident, the victim is yet to receive the amount.

In 10 years, only 3 doctos suspended

Over 746 cases of medical negligence recorded, but actiontaken against meagre number of doctors. In the past 10 years, over 746 cases of medical negligence have been recordedwith the Medical Council of India (MCI), Maharashtra, but so far, only threedoctors have been suspended in the state.

According to data gathered from MCI, complaints about medical negligence have seen a steady rise. In 2005, only 54 cases were registered which rose to 142 in 2014.

Also, the rate of disposal of cases has suffered a decline. In 2014, the council did not dispose of a single case whereas in 2013, out of a total of 107 cases registered, only 13 were decided upon.

Medical negligence cases gather dust at JJ Hospital

In 2013, Nandini Suchde, a resident of Colaba filed acomplaint at Azad Maidan police station against doctors from Bombay Hospitalalleging negligence that led to the death of her mother.

As per rules, police referred her case to a team of medical experts at Sir JJ Group of Hospitals for further investigation. The panel confirmed professional medical negligence and an FIR was registered against the doctors by the police station. However, a few months later, the same panel refuted the report and denied medical negligence in the case.

MAN BATTLES TO PROVE CIVIL DOCTORS LEFT SWAB INSIDE WIFE, KILLING HER

Ganga died of septicaemia 20 days afterdelivering baby girl as Civil docs forgot to remove swab used during procedure;hospital stonewalls her husband's efforts under RTI to seek information onpost-delivery care

Himesh Vankar, who has been differently abled since birth, forgot all his struggles when he held his baby daughter in his arms for the first time. But his happiness did not last long. The Himmatnagar resident slid down the pinnacle of joy into the depths of despair 20 days later, when his wife Ganga died of septicaemia caused by a surgical swab allegedly forgotten inside her by doctors at Civil hospital.