The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to a public interest plea by the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) seeking the exclusion of medical professionals from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
There was anger at a private nursing home in Lalbagh, Murshidabad, on Friday after a deceased woman was allegedly referred to a government hospital along with her newborn, sparking allegations of medical negligence.
On Thursday, the Jammu and Kashmir government suspended two doctors following their alleged medical negligence at a private hospital in north Kashmir's Sopore, where the uterus of a woman was removed instead of performing an ear surgery for which she was admitted!
Bharatpur Assembly constituency MLA Humayun Kabir today threatened legal action if there is any death in his district or state due to medical negligence.
Family members and relatives also alleged that their newborn child was replaced by a dead infant, which was shown to them by staff of the 'Matri-Maa' ward of the hospital.
The family of the deceased woman has claimed that she died of medical negligence and filed a police complaint against the hospital.
More than 60 children died in just two days, between August 10 and 11 in 2017 allegedly because of disruption in oxygen supply at the BRD Medical College over unpaid bills to the vendor.
According to reports, the girl born at a private hospital on June 15 had difficulty in breathing after which her parents brought her to the government hospital in Bareilly.
There is need for drastic change in the way society approaches medical negligence, writes Anshritha Rai.
The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to inquire whether there was any medical negligence by the Aruna…
