Doctor debarred for 6 months over pregnant woman’s death
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.10.2018
The Tamil Nadu Medical Council has debarred a Salem-based gynaecologist for six months, for “negligence and misconduct” that led to the death of a woman in labour in 2016.
After a general body meeting on Wednesday, the council struck off the register the name of Dr Rani Arivukkarasu of Arokya Hospital, as a disciplinary committee that inquired into the case found her guilty.
A complaint against Dr Rani by R Obuli Thilip, husband of the deceased woman, Bhuvaneshwari, was forwarded to the council by the directorate of medical and rural health services after a maternal death audit by an expert panel found her explanations unsatisfactory. The Medical Council of India also forwarded a copy of his complaint to the state council.
Bhuvaneshwari was admitted to the hospital on November 5, 2016 for her second delivery. Although the patient had a c-section for the first delivery, she was counselled into attempting a vaginal delivery. On November 7, doctors induced pain with medication. The next morning, the doctor opted for artificial rupture of membranes to push her to deliver, but the patient developed breathlessness. Despite CPR, she had convulsions and collapsed. “In the initial audit meet, Dr Rani told experts that she did a C-sec after this and the patient died on the table. But after the anaesthetist whom she named denied being part of the surgical team, she said the baby was removed in a deeply-asphyxiated condition in a surgery after the mother’s death. We don’t know if she had given the anaesthesia on her own as no postmortem was done. The disciplinary committee concluded it as misconduct to make false statements in audits,” said council president Dr K Senthil.
The baby survived, but the disciplinary committee found the doctor tried to needlessly wait for a vaginal delivery that lead to complications and death. “She told us she was not aware of the previous C-section. This is nothing but negligence,” he said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.10.2018
The Tamil Nadu Medical Council has debarred a Salem-based gynaecologist for six months, for “negligence and misconduct” that led to the death of a woman in labour in 2016.
After a general body meeting on Wednesday, the council struck off the register the name of Dr Rani Arivukkarasu of Arokya Hospital, as a disciplinary committee that inquired into the case found her guilty.
A complaint against Dr Rani by R Obuli Thilip, husband of the deceased woman, Bhuvaneshwari, was forwarded to the council by the directorate of medical and rural health services after a maternal death audit by an expert panel found her explanations unsatisfactory. The Medical Council of India also forwarded a copy of his complaint to the state council.
Bhuvaneshwari was admitted to the hospital on November 5, 2016 for her second delivery. Although the patient had a c-section for the first delivery, she was counselled into attempting a vaginal delivery. On November 7, doctors induced pain with medication. The next morning, the doctor opted for artificial rupture of membranes to push her to deliver, but the patient developed breathlessness. Despite CPR, she had convulsions and collapsed. “In the initial audit meet, Dr Rani told experts that she did a C-sec after this and the patient died on the table. But after the anaesthetist whom she named denied being part of the surgical team, she said the baby was removed in a deeply-asphyxiated condition in a surgery after the mother’s death. We don’t know if she had given the anaesthesia on her own as no postmortem was done. The disciplinary committee concluded it as misconduct to make false statements in audits,” said council president Dr K Senthil.
The baby survived, but the disciplinary committee found the doctor tried to needlessly wait for a vaginal delivery that lead to complications and death. “She told us she was not aware of the previous C-section. This is nothing but negligence,” he said.
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