Dehradun : Uttarakhand Medical Council (UMC) has held eight doctors attached to Max Hospital guilty of medical negligence and have directed them to undergo 100 hours of “continued medical education” before renewal of their medical license. The action of the UMC comes following a complaint filed by Vikas Mehta in which he alleged that his elderly father died due to the medical negligence of the doctors of Max Hospital. Mehta alleged that his father underwent a back surgery for back pain and following the surgery his oxygen level started dropping which was caused by advanced lung diseases which his father was suffering. Mehta further alleged that the pre-operative X-Ray had clearly diagnosed the issue but since the facts were not disclosed to the operating team, no corrective measures were taken by the operating team which lead to the death of his father. The council after going through the complaint concluded that the doctors were negligent and under section 21(2)(a) of the Uttarakhand Medical Council Act, 2002, warned the doctors not to repeat such negligence in future. The council further said that the litigant was free to seek justice against the Chief Operating Office (COO) and Managing Director of Max Health Hospital in a competent court as they were also vicarious liable for the acts of the doctors.
Author: teamdoctorspost
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NHRC directs WB Government to pay Rs.3.75 Lakhs for its doctors negligence
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission intervened in a case of the death of pregnant women due to the medical negligence of the government doctor of Lalbagh Sub-Divisional Hospital, Murshidabad and directed the West Bengal Government to pay Rs.3.75 Lakhs as compensation to the kin of the deceased patient. The commission has held the West Bengal Government vicarious liable for the acts of the government doctors. Also, the State Medical Council has been asked to initiate “disciplinary action” against the negligent doctor for the incident. The NHRC has registered a case on the complaint and in the enquiry it was revealed that the doctors who was on the duty was not present in the hospital and instead gave instruction to the nurses on phone. He attended the patient after a delay of five hours.
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Punjab: Doctors will first have to give duty in mohalla clinics after completing MBBS
Amritsar: The Punjab government has made compulsory for the doctors to give duty at Mohalla Clinic after completing MBBS. Doctors after completing MBBS from medical colleges of Punjab will no longer get direct placement in hospitals. The doctors after completing MBBS will have to complete two or three years of practice in Mohalla Clinic and then they will be sent to big hospitals.Earlier, it was very rare that doctors after doing MBBS were appointed in dispensaries in rural areas.
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AYUSH doctors can practice allopathy, but no exclusive practice of allopathy : Madras High Court
Chennai : Quashing a criminal proceeding against a homeopathic doctor for practicing allopathy, Madras High Court has held that institutionally qualified AYUSH practitioners are eligible to practice allopathy along with their respective system of medicine. The court further added that the AYUSH practitioners are barred from practicing allopathic medicine exclusively. The court relied on the state government circular dated October 15, 2010 which allowed the AYUSH doctors to practice allopathy with a rider that they were not allowed to do exclusive allopathic practice.
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Supreme Court Fumes “Why is Baba Ramdev accusing allopathy doctors?”
New Delhi : A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice N V Ramannacriticized yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his disparaging remarks on modern medicine systems like allopathy. Chief Justice N V Ramana asked “Why is Baba Ramdev accusing Allopathy Doctors? He popularised yoga. Good. But he should not criticize other systems. What is the guarantee that what he follows will cure everything?”.
The Supreme Court made these observations while hearing a petition by Indian Medical Association (IMA), alleging smear campaigns against allopathic medicines, their doctors and Covid-19 vaccination. The bench also issued a notice to the centre seeking its reply on IMA’s plea. The topmost association of Indian doctors said Ramdev had damaged the reputation of practitioners of allopathy and modern medicine when they are striving to save lives during the pandemic.
Last week, the Delhi High Court had asked Baba Ramdev to refrain from making misleading comments on Ayurveda.
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CSI Church Bishop summoned by ED in Karakonam medical college scam
The Enforcement Directorate carried out raids at headquarters of the Church of South India (CSI) which houses the office of Bishop A. Dharmaraj Rasalam over corruption allegations at its Karakonam medical college. The raid was in connection with a case registered against CSI for allegedly collecting huge amount of money from students and promising them a medical seat at the Dr. Somervelli Memorial CSI Medical College in Karakonam which in run by church. Fr. C R Godwin, the Director of the Christian Education Board told that the Kerala Crime Branch has already conducted at enquiry in the matter and given a clean chit to CSI.
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“Free treatment to emergency patient for 48 hrs in UP” – Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government will be providing free of cost treatment for 48 hours to every person admitted to emergency care.Uttar Pradesh will be the first state in India to have a Live Emergency Monitoring System, the CMO office said. “Planning is being done to implement a Live Emergency Monitoring System in the state in a phased manner. The initial 48 hours are very important for the life of any emergency patient. Therefore, as per the resolution of the Chief Minister to safeguard every life in the state, it is proposed to provide free treatment to the patients of emergency care for the first 48 hours,” the government official said.
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J & K Doctor dies of electrocution while hoisting flag at PHC
Kathua : Dr. Pawan Kumar of Chadwal area, died of electric shock when he come in contact with 11KV power line at the roof top of the government primary health center (PHC) at Haria Chak while hoisting the tricolour. A police team reached on the spot and shifted the body to Hiranagar hospital, the officials said.
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Mohfw – Doctor: Patient ratio improved to 1:834
The Ministry of health and family welfare (Mohfw) said that due to multiple steps taken by the Central Government the availability of doctors in the country has increased further which in turn has improved the doctor patient ratio to 1: 834 which is better than the WHO standard of 1: 1000. As per the information provided by the National Medical Councils (NMC) the total number of registered allopathic doctors in the country stands at 13,08,009 with an addition of approximately 5,65,000 AYUSH doctors. The Mohfw said that the number of UG seats have been increased from 51,348 in 2014 to 91,927 seats and the number of PG seats have been increased from 31,185 in 2014 to 60202 seats.
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Healthcare Industry should stop overlooking compliance issues
India is in transition phase moving from an under-developed country to developed country. It has led to the government tightening and ensuring that various sectors comply as per the acts governing those sectors. Healthcare sector is also facing tremendous heat on the compliance issue from various government agencies. It is appropriate time for the medical fraternity to wake up and start performing their professional duties within the parameters define by the law. Overlooking the law for one’s own convenience will have serious repercussions for the medical fraternity.
The Income Tax search and seizure operation of Micro Labs has opened a cane of worms in the healthcare sector. The health minister has ordered the Ethics Committee of National Medical Commission to probe into the nexus of pharma companies and medical practitioners and doctors that have ensuing undue promotion and prescription of select medicines. Doctors are under the scanner by the Ethics committee that have failed to comply with Clause – 1.5 of Chapter 1-B-Duties and responsibilities of the Physician in general of “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) (Amendment) Regulations, 2016 – Part – I”. The said clause states “Every physician should prescribe drugs with generic names legibly and preferably in capital letters and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs”. Effectively scores of doctors have not complied with this clause which mandates the physician to write generic name of the medicine. Prescribing branded medicine is the violation of the above clause which will invite disciplinary action against these doctors.
The above episode is a wake-up call for the entire healthcare industry and the healthcare industry should start fine tuning their professional acts so as to ensure that they are legally compliant. Lapses on the compliance by the healthcare sector will lead to serious legal issues to healthcare professionals and doctors in the future.
R J Singh
Advocate, Mumbai High Court