Medical Negligence

Rs 39 Lakh For Indian Man In UAE After Medical Negligence Kills Wife

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday September 6, 2019

An Indian expat in the UAE has been awarded a compensation of Rs 39 lakh by a court in Sharjah for his wife's death due to medical negligence, a media report said.

Woman Gets Rs 15 Lakh Payout In "Medical Negligence" Case

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 2, 2019

The state consumer commission in Maharashtra has directed a civic-run hospital in Navi Mumbai and a Chembur-based hospital to pay over Rs 15 lakh compensation to a woman whose husband died nine years ago due to "medical negligence".

Nurses Found Recording TikTok Videos In Odisha Hospital Showcaused

Cities | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 26, 2019

The chief district medical officer (CDMO) of Odisha's Malkangiri today showcaused some nurses for extreme medical negligence and recording TikTok videos inside the special neonatal care unit (SNCU) of the district headquarter hospital.

Bihar Boy Gets His Left Hand Fractured, Doctors Cast Plaster On Right

India News | ANI | Wednesday June 26, 2019

The boy said that he tried telling the doctors that they were casting plaster on the wrong hand, but they did not listen and put it on the wrong hand.

Unconscious Patient Inside, UP Health Centre Staff Leave As Shift Ends

Muzaffarnagar News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 22, 2019

Oblivious that an unconscious patient was still lying alone on a bed, staff of a state-run community healthcare centre in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district allegedly shut its gates and left as their duty hours were over.

Odisha Woman Carrying Stillborn Babies Dies, Family Alleges Negligence

Cities | ANI | Friday June 14, 2019

A pregnant woman carrying stillborn twin babies died on Friday allegedly due to medical negligence in Odisha's Baripada. The matter came to light after family members of the dead woman staged a protest by taking out a procession with her body.

Kerala Man Dies After 3 Hospitals Refuse To Admit Him, Alleges Daughter

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday June 6, 2019

A case has been registered against three hospitals in Kerala, including two private hospitals and a state-run hospital in Kottayam, for allegedly causing death of a man, in his early 60s, by 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.