Pvt hospital told to pay 7 lakh to woman for medical negligence

Tirupur: The district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed a private hospital at Palladam to pay a compensation of 7 lakh to a woman for medical negligence. The woman underwent a surgery at the hospital in August, when the surgeons left a piece of cotton in her uterus.
An official source said Sulochana M, 26, of Panikampatti, had given birth to an underweight baby girl at the Prime Medical Centre at Palladam in July 2020.“In August, she developed an abdomen pain and was rushed to the same hospital. Doctors there performed a surgery,” the source said.
However, the pain did not subside and she was referred to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), where doctors found a piece of cotton inside her uterus. “CMCH doctors again performed a surgery and removed the cotton piece,” the source said.
Subsequently, Sulochana approached the (Tirupur) district consumer disputes redressal commission and demanded a compensation of 50,000 from the private hospital management for causing mental and physical agony to her.
The case came up for hearing before the commission last week. S Deepa, president of the commission, and members S Baskar and V Rajendran found the surgeons guilty of leaving a foreign material inside the woman’s uterus during the surgery and directed the hospital to pay a compensation of 7 lakh to Sulochana with 8% interest at the earliest.