Gurgaon: An FIR was registered against an orthopedic doctor and hospital officials on Thursday. Medical Board An inquest into the death of a 92-year-old patient after hip fracture surgery concluded he was “negligent” and “attempted to mislead” the board.
A case was registered under Section 304A (negligent death) of the IPC against the doctor and unidentified hospital officials.
A resident of Sector 10A filed a police complaint in March, ordering an inquiry after his father Chandra Prakash Dixit died at Signature Global Hospital due to medical negligence and unprofessional treatment, police said on Thursday. had gone.
She alleged that her father did not receive proper post-operative care and was discharged despite the prosthesis being disconnected. She said the quality of care was also lacking as her father developed a surgical wound infection after the operation.
According to Nirmala Sharma (66), her father broke his hip bone after a fall on November 30 last year. At Signature Global Hospital, Dr. IP Arora suggested a hemi-arthoplasty procedure (replacing the femoral head of the bone with a prosthesis), which was performed on December 1.
After the surgery, the 92-year-old was in “severe and excruciating pain.” On Dec. 3, surgeons diagnosed that the prosthesis had become dislodged and performed a corrective procedure under local anesthesia to “minimize” the displacement, the report said.
Nirmala said her father was still in a lot of pain, and the doctor “ignored” it, attributing it to “reversible dementia”. He was discharged on December 4 with “severe pain, an improperly fitted prosthesis, and a hospital-acquired infection at the wound site,” he alleged.
By December 10, the family noticed an organ shortening and approached the hospital again. When another procedure was recommended, the family decided to take the 92-year-old to another hospital in the city.
There, doctors suggested removing the prosthesis because it was several weeks old, in addition to treating an infection in the surgical wound.
“It was done, but by then, the cumulative effects of medical negligence had taken a toll on my father’s health. Ultimately, he died on February 17 this year.
The District Medical Board, in its inquiry report on June 15, said it found that the doctor and the hospital management were negligent and tried to “mislead” the patient by presenting a different X-ray scan as evidence.
“It is extremely unlikely that the two X-rays were from the same patient,” the report said, adding that hospital management and doctors could not provide a satisfactory explanation.
The six-member board pointed out that negligence or omission was not attributable to Dr. Arora. “Signature Hospital’s management team attempted to mislead the board by providing a different x-ray film in favor of their claim to cover up the problem, holding them equally responsible for professional misconduct and record lapses.”
It also found that the doctor and other staff treating the patient “could not provide any concrete evidence” that they “did not leave product displacement” at the time of discharge.
Dr Arora refused to answer questions on the case on Friday.
Sector 10A sub-inspector Sandeep Kumar said the complaint was filed in March, but the FIR was lodged recently as the medical committee’s inquiry report was awaited.
A case was registered under Section 304A (negligent death) of the IPC against the doctor and unidentified hospital officials.
A resident of Sector 10A filed a police complaint in March, ordering an inquiry after his father Chandra Prakash Dixit died at Signature Global Hospital due to medical negligence and unprofessional treatment, police said on Thursday. had gone.
She alleged that her father did not receive proper post-operative care and was discharged despite the prosthesis being disconnected. She said the quality of care was also lacking as her father developed a surgical wound infection after the operation.
According to Nirmala Sharma (66), her father broke his hip bone after a fall on November 30 last year. At Signature Global Hospital, Dr. IP Arora suggested a hemi-arthoplasty procedure (replacing the femoral head of the bone with a prosthesis), which was performed on December 1.
After the surgery, the 92-year-old was in “severe and excruciating pain.” On Dec. 3, surgeons diagnosed that the prosthesis had become dislodged and performed a corrective procedure under local anesthesia to “minimize” the displacement, the report said.
Nirmala said her father was still in a lot of pain, and the doctor “ignored” it, attributing it to “reversible dementia”. He was discharged on December 4 with “severe pain, an improperly fitted prosthesis, and a hospital-acquired infection at the wound site,” he alleged.
By December 10, the family noticed an organ shortening and approached the hospital again. When another procedure was recommended, the family decided to take the 92-year-old to another hospital in the city.
There, doctors suggested removing the prosthesis because it was several weeks old, in addition to treating an infection in the surgical wound.
“It was done, but by then, the cumulative effects of medical negligence had taken a toll on my father’s health. Ultimately, he died on February 17 this year.
The District Medical Board, in its inquiry report on June 15, said it found that the doctor and the hospital management were negligent and tried to “mislead” the patient by presenting a different X-ray scan as evidence.
“It is extremely unlikely that the two X-rays were from the same patient,” the report said, adding that hospital management and doctors could not provide a satisfactory explanation.
The six-member board pointed out that negligence or omission was not attributable to Dr. Arora. “Signature Hospital’s management team attempted to mislead the board by providing a different x-ray film in favor of their claim to cover up the problem, holding them equally responsible for professional misconduct and record lapses.”
It also found that the doctor and other staff treating the patient “could not provide any concrete evidence” that they “did not leave product displacement” at the time of discharge.
Dr Arora refused to answer questions on the case on Friday.
Sector 10A sub-inspector Sandeep Kumar said the complaint was filed in March, but the FIR was lodged recently as the medical committee’s inquiry report was awaited.