DTNext: Chennai: Monday, 13 May 2024.
As per RTI data sourced by DT Next, no medical negligence cases have been reported from the audits conducted from November 2022 to October 2023 in about 20 hospitals.
After teen footballer R Priya died due to medical negligence in a government hospital in the city in November 2022, the State health department announced that all the surgeries would be audited. However, despite cases of alleged negligence being reported in the State, the official count stands at zero.
As per RTI data sourced by DT Next, no medical negligence cases have been reported from the audits conducted from November 2022 to October 2023 in about 20 hospitals. Since the audits’ commencement, the government hospitals’ unanimous reply remains that there were no medical negligence cases, and the regulations did not apply to them. The audit reports, as per the RTI response, revealed there was no need for further intervention.
Though there are cases of alleged negligence reported in the State, as per RTI data, the total remains nil since they do not make it to the final count. A 26- year-old woman delivered a baby boy at the Government RSRM Lying-in Hospital in Royapuram on Jan. 6, 2024, through a caesarean surgery. She suffered excessive blood loss after she underwent the removal of the uterus and cervix upon the doctor’s advice and developed complications after the surgery. She was shifted to the Government Stanley Hospital as she had breathing difficulty and seizures. She passed away due to excessive blood loss. The family members protested at the hospital, alleging medical negligence against the doctors.
In August last year, another painful incident of the death of a 27-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child at a government hospital in Pulianthope led to protests by the family members. The woman had died during childbirth due to the absence of a doctor. She was later moved to the government maternity hospital in Egmore but was declared dead on arrival.
As per RTI data sourced by DT Next, no medical negligence cases have been reported from the audits conducted from November 2022 to October 2023 in about 20 hospitals.
After teen footballer R Priya died due to medical negligence in a government hospital in the city in November 2022, the State health department announced that all the surgeries would be audited. However, despite cases of alleged negligence being reported in the State, the official count stands at zero.
As per RTI data sourced by DT Next, no medical negligence cases have been reported from the audits conducted from November 2022 to October 2023 in about 20 hospitals. Since the audits’ commencement, the government hospitals’ unanimous reply remains that there were no medical negligence cases, and the regulations did not apply to them. The audit reports, as per the RTI response, revealed there was no need for further intervention.
Though there are cases of alleged negligence reported in the State, as per RTI data, the total remains nil since they do not make it to the final count. A 26- year-old woman delivered a baby boy at the Government RSRM Lying-in Hospital in Royapuram on Jan. 6, 2024, through a caesarean surgery. She suffered excessive blood loss after she underwent the removal of the uterus and cervix upon the doctor’s advice and developed complications after the surgery. She was shifted to the Government Stanley Hospital as she had breathing difficulty and seizures. She passed away due to excessive blood loss. The family members protested at the hospital, alleging medical negligence against the doctors.
In August last year, another painful incident of the death of a 27-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child at a government hospital in Pulianthope led to protests by the family members. The woman had died during childbirth due to the absence of a doctor. She was later moved to the government maternity hospital in Egmore but was declared dead on arrival.
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