Doctor told to compensate woman for medical negligence 

Staff Reporter 
 
Madurai, May 20, 2018 00:00 IST

The Madurai District Consumer Forum has directed a city-based doctor to pay a compensation of Rs. 3 lakh to the mother of a boy who died in 2007 as a result of medical negligence.

The forum, comprising president V. Balasundarakumar and members C. Packialakshmi and M. Maraikamalai, allowed the petition filed by Tamilarasi, mother of the boy, Madhan Kumar, and directed Dr.S.Swaminathan to pay the compensation to the victim’s family.

The complainant is said to to have taken her son for medical check-up after the boy complained of severe pain due to hernia. The doctor, after examining the boy, said that an immediate surgery had to be performed. The doctor arranged for the operation at a hospital owned by him.

The surgery went on for over two hours, said the complainant. The doctor said that though the operation for hernia was successful, her son was suffering from suffocation and needed to be shifted to another hospital for further treatment. The boy was transferred to Meenakshi Mission Hospital where he was declared dead due to suffocation.

The complainant contended that her son’s death was a result of the doctor’s negligence. The first hospital also did not possess necessary equipment and the boy was treated without ventilator support, she said.

The complainant said that when she approached the doctor seeking particulars of her son’s reports, he refused to hand them over. Even after a complaint was lodged with the police, he only furnished the medical bills, she said. As the doctor failed to respond to a legal notice, she sought compensation for putting her through mental agony.

Yeddyurappa out, Kumaraswamy in 

Special Correspondent 
 
Bengaluru, May 20, 2018 00:00 IST



High and dry:B.S. Yeddyurappa addressing the legislators in the Assembly in Bengaluru on Saturday.Bhagya Prakash KThe Hindu
Unable to cobble up the numbers, BJP leader resigns without facing trust voteGovernor invites Janata Dal (S) leaderto form govt., swearing-in on WednesdayTwo ‘missing’ Congress legislatorsshow up in Assembly to support party

The less than three-day-old BJP government, led by B.S. Yeddyurappa, made way for a Congress-Janata Dal (S) alliance dispensation in Karnataka on Saturday in a tame end to a week-long political drama.

Mr. Yeddyurappa, who had taken oath as Chief Minister on May 17 after the BJP emerged as the single largest party with 104 seats, resigned without facing the floor test on Saturday, convinced that he did not command the numbers in the House. Making an impassioned speech that he would fight for farmers “till the last breath” and that he would start touring the State again, Mr. Yeddyurappa walked out of the Assembly.

JD(S) leader’s plans

Later on Saturday evening, H.D. Kumaraswamy, president of the Karnataka State JD(S), was invited by Governor Vajubhai Vala to form the government. Mr. Kumaraswamy announced that he would take oath as Chief Minister on Wednesday. He is set to meet Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi on Monday.

The oath-taking function, earlier scheduled for Monday, was postponed to Wednesday as former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary falls on Monday.

The day saw much political drama as both the BJP and the Congress-JD(S) camps claimed numbers in their favour. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition from the Congress party challenging the appointment of K.G. Bopaiah as pro tem Speaker. Even as the session was on, the Congress released audio recordings that allegedly had BJP leaders —including Mr. Yeddyurappa and BJP MLA B. Sriramulu — trying to woo Congress MLAs with inducements to shore up the numbers. The BJP’s hopes of getting the numbers dimmed as the morning wore on and it was clear by afternoon that they would not sail through.

When the two “missing” Congress MLAs — Anand Singh and Pratapgouda Patil — who were in a private hotel, turned up at the Vidhana Soudha to join the Congress camp, it brought more cheer to the Congress-JD(S) camp.

Mr. Yeddyurappa announced his resignation minutes later, while making an admission that the BJP had reached out to the opposition MLAs.

Speaking to the media in the evening, Mr. Kumaraswamy said that though the Governor had given him 15 days to prove his majority, he would do so much earlier.

Meanwhile, Congress-JD(S) MLAs were again herded into hotels in Bengaluru to keep the flock together till the new government proves its majority. “All MLAs will remain in Bengaluru. Both parties’ MLAs will be housed at a common place,” Mr. Kumaraswamy added.

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Pondy varsities asked to admit students ‘illegally denied entry’

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Puducherry: 20.05.2018

The director general of health sciences (DGHS),NewDelhi,on Saturday directed the four deemed universities in Puducherry to accommodate 28 students who were ‘illegally denied admission’intothe postgraduate medical courses offered by them duetotheir inability to pay ‘exorbitant fees’ demandedby them.

DGHS’ directive came following an order by the Madras high court in favour of the 28 students (petitioners), said counsel of the petitionersVBRMenon.

DGHS member secretary B Srinivas, in an official correspondence dated May 19, directedthefour deemeduniversities — Arupadai Veedu Medical College, Vinayaka Mission Medical College, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute and Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Science in Puducherry – to ‘admit the students against the vacancies in their respective colleges'. He also enclosed copies of the Madras high court order for their perusal.

“After completion of DGHS mop-up round of PG seats 2018, any seat remaining vacant thereafter will be transferred/reverted back to respective deemed/central universities and the allotment against these transferred/reverted seats will be done by the concerned universities at their own level. You are therefore requested to adjust these students (petitioners) against the vacancies at your respective colleges as per the availability under intimation of the undersigned (DGHS member secretary B Srinivas) for further intimation to the Medical Council of India,” said Srinivas in the official correspondence to the four deemeduniversities.

Srinivas also directed Menon to intimate the petitionersto approachthe medical colleges concerned for their admission intothe postgraduate medical courses after the completion of the mop-up counselling by the DGHS.

DGHS also markedcopies of its correspondence to MCI secretary and the Union government’s standing counsel in theMadrashighcourt.

There are widespread complaints that the deemed universitieshavebeen charging exorbitant fees (more than ₹45 lakh per annum) for postgraduate medical courses.

Man walks into complex, walks out with bike

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Chennai: 20.05.2018
An unidentified man walked into an apartment complex in Kotturpuram, and escaped with a bike belonging to a college student on Sunday. The incident was recorded by the CCTV camera installed in the building.

The police said the student Saran Anand, a resident of Sastri Nagar, went to meet his friend who lives in an apartment complex on Erikarai Street in Kotturpuram.

He parked his bike outside the house.

Based on Anand’s complaint the Kotturpuram police have registered a case. The footage shows a burglar walking into the apartment, as if residing there, and leaving wearing a helmet. He broke the side lock of the bike and rode away.

The police have lifted photograph of the suspect from the CCTV footage and trying to trace him.

Counselling for PG med and dental courses begins

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Chennai: 20.05.2018

After being marred by legal hurdles, the NEET-based single window counselling for post-graduate medical and dental admissions began on Saturday.

The first day of admissions were reserved for people with physical disability. Twenty-three candidates, who had applied under ‘orthopaedically physically disabled quota’ were called for medical examination and counselling at 11am. As per the selection committee, of the 19 people who turned up 14 —including nine service candidates — were allotted seats in various government colleges. “We allotted seats after approval from the medical board. Five of them opted out,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

Counselling will go on till Tuesday (Sunday included) for medical courses and on Wednesday and Friday for MDS courses. There are 981 PG degree and diploma medical seats across 15 government colleges This year, 10,576 students applied for counselling. The rank list was released based on PG-NEET scores and incentives were awarded to candidates based on a government order framed on the advice of a sixmember committee. 4% of marks over their NEET score for every year, not exceeding 30%.