The national consumer court in Delhi has ordered two doctors of two private hospitals in Patna to pay Rs 50 lakh to a woman for medical negligence that led to the amputation of the leg of her son, days after his birth in 2007.
The child’s records at the time of admission to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi revealed that his left foot was “gangrenous”, a state of tissue death due to lack of blood supply, which demanded amputation below the knee.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) on October 10 gave relief to Soni Bharti who delivered the baby boy on February 11, 2007 at Manas Nursing Home in Patna. The baby was soon shifted to the Neonatal ICU (NICU) of another nearby hospital, Kids Care Clinic, as it developed chest infection and breathing problems.