Medical Negligence

In Haryana, Probe Into Botched-Up Eye Surgeries, 38 Badly Affected

Cities | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday March 29, 2019

A team of doctors at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Haryana's Rohtak, fear that many patients who underwent cataract surgeries at a government hospital between February 27 and March 11, could lose their sight after "mishandled procedure and incorrect medicines". Thirty-eight patients were moved to the PGIMS after they co...

2 Infants Die After Vaccination At Primary Health Center In Hyderabad

Hyderabad News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Saturday March 9, 2019

Two babies died and 32 were hospitalised in a case of medical negligence in Hyderabad after they were wrongly administered with opioid, a medicine not used on babies, at a primary health care centre.

Madhya Pradesh Baby Dies As Burns Ward Doesn't Have Ventilator, Family Told To Get One

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 10, 2019

A one-and-half-year-old died of burn injuries at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh as it didn't have a ventilator and the doctor allegedly asked her parents to arrange one on their own. A cellphone video shows the doctor telling the family that the Burns ward doesn't have a ventilator.

Surgeons Left Forceps In Hyderabad Woman. X-Ray Found It After 3 Months

Hyderabad News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Saturday February 9, 2019

In a shocking case of medical negligence, doctors at a hospital in Hyderabad accidentally left a pair of forceps inside a patient's stomach during surgery. It remained there for the next three months.

Teen Donor Attempts Suicide After Infecting Pregnant Woman With HIV

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 28, 2018

A teenage boy whose HIV-positive blood was passed on to a pregnant woman, in a case of shocking medical negligence that has triggered a major controversy in Tamil Nadu, reportedly tried to kill himself on Thursdayas his family struggled to deal with the fallout.

Pregnant Woman Given HIV-Infected Blood In Tamil Nadu Government Hospital

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Thursday December 27, 2018

A 24-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu is HIV positive after infected blood was given to her during a blood transfusion at a government hospital in Virudhunagar district, around 500 km from Chennai.The government has offered financial compensation and jobs for the woman and her husband but they want help for private treatment after the negligen...

Woman Gets Pregnant Post Tubectomy, Moves High Court For Compensation

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2018

A woman has moved to the Madras High Court seeking a directive to doctors of a government hospital to pay Rs.10 lakh compensation for alleged medical negligence since she conceived despite undergoing a tubectomy surgery.

Woman Delivers Baby On Road After 2 UP Hospitals Allegedly Deny Admission

India News | ANI | Wednesday August 29, 2018

The District Magistrate of Shravasti district has ordered an inquiry in the case.

Sweeper Seen In Video Giving Stitches In Gujarat Hospital, Doctors Watch

India News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Tuesday August 21, 2018

Brijesh Solanki, a class 4 employee, was filmed giving stitches to a patient earlier as well and was let off after a warning.

Pregnant Woman, Not Allotted Bed, Dies Unattended At Rajasthan Hospital

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 9, 2018

A 27-year-old pregnant woman has died due to alleged medical negligence at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Bundi district, Congress Seva Dal district president Mahmood Ali said on Wedneday.

Woman, Her Newborn Die At Gurgaon Hospital, Family Alleges Negligence

Gurgaon News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 2, 2018

A woman and her newborn baby on Thursday died in the government-run civil hospital in Gurgaon, allegedly due to medical negligence, officials said.

For 2 Days, Ants Fed On Wounds Of Man Who Died In Chhattisgarh Hospital

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Wednesday July 11, 2018

Ants fed on the wounds and bedsores of a 30-year-old man for two days before he died at a government hospital in Chhattisgarh. In a video accessed by NDTV, ants can be seen crawling on his bandaged arm. In an attempt to explain the disturbing sight, a doctor said there were ants everywhere because of the monsoon and "one or two" may have been on hi...

Woman Says DNA Test Revealed Her Father - Her Parents' Fertility Doctor

World News | Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post | Wednesday April 4, 2018

When Kelli Rowlette received the results from a DNA sample she had sent to a popular genealogy website, she assumed there had been a mistake.

In Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur, Doctors Leave Severed Foot On Patient

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday March 30, 2018

A severed foot of a man was kept between his legs as he was lying on a stretcher at the district hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur. Locals rushed him to the nearby government hospital but reportedly, he was left unattended for nearly two hours.The chief medical officer has denied medical negligence

Doctors Ignored Signs Of Deadly Condition, She Says. Now She Has No Legs, Fingers.

World News | Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post | Tuesday March 13, 2018

It was supposed to be a joyous and memorable time: Magdalena Malec was pregnant with her third child, and her other two were no doubt counting down the days until Christmas.