My mother was discharged from a corporate hospital and brought to the Railway Hospital with explicit instructions regarding her care. The concerned Railway Doctor, Dr.Bhattacharjee was given details of the patient's condition a day in advance for his information and approval. He asked for the patient to be brought in. On arrival, and being admitted to teh ICCU of Railway Hospital in Hyderabad, Dr.Bhattacharjee disregarded explicit instructions given by the corporate hospital doctors and acted on his own accord to remove the patient's nasal feeding tube and also take her off Oxygen support (despite being told that her SP2O levels were dropping without O2 support). By late evening the patient vomitted which included blood and suffered a cardiac arrest. We believe it was due to asphixiation as a result of depleted Oxygen levels and feeding through the mouth which previously caused the patient breathlessness. Upon questioning, the Dr.Bhattacharjee shrugged the incident as a fallout of a By-pass surgery.
Now, I would like to hold him accountable for his actions before he carries on his indifferent behaviour with other patients at the Railway Hospital. Should I have had a post-mortem conducted to prove any thing or can I proceed with information I have from the previous hospital and information of his disregard for instructions. Advice would greatly help me take this case forward as it is about medical negligence in India...
PooPooLaTrash
Autopsy results can certainly help to prove or disprove a medical malpractice case, but you really need to consult an attorney.
khelp55
I'm so sorry to hear of your experience, though have heard similar stories about private hospitals and uncaring, irresponsible doctors as well. It is not easy to sue them or get a case swiftly concluded against them in India, unlike the US, so Indian doctors are not scared and act as if they are gods. You must get a postmortem done if you want to file a criminal complaint. If you can get it done at another hospital, even better, as most of the times, doctors stick to one another and hospitals cover up for their staff. Good luck in your fight for justice; at the very least, write to the press about how you need not have lost your mother.
Orignal From: Tips: Is a patient's post-mortem required to prove a doctor's negligence in an ICCU in India law?
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