Mumbai: Woman dies due to botched-up blood transfusion; hospital, doctor told to pay kin Rs 6 lakh
TNN | Oct 30, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
MUMBAI: BMC-run Sion Hospital and a senior oncosurgeon have been ordered to pay Rs 6 lakh compensation the husband of a school teacher who died in 2011 following complications after she was given a transfusion with the wrong blood group. The patient, Asha Singh, had been undergoing treatment for gallbladder cancer.
The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission said documents and evidence showed deficiency in service. "Reports of the on-duty doctor and the blood bank technician clearly establish rashness and negligence in the way the blood sample was sent to the blood bank and the grouping and cross matching done, resulting in the patient being given group A blood instead of B blood group," the commission said.
The court, however, refused to grant Singh's claim of Rs 49 lakh. "We are of the opinion that the deceased suffered from very high grade cancer...and life expectancy was about seven months to a year. The claim appears to be exaggerated, so we are of the opinion that based on the receipts submitted by the complainant, medical expenses to the tune of Rs 10,000 and compensation toward mental agony and loss, Rs 6 lakh is just and proper," the commission said.
The complainant, Harindra U Singh, submitted that his wife had received chemotherapy and was responding well. He further stated on September 27, 2011, a routine blood examination revealed her haemoglobin levels had dropped and, as per the advice of senior oncosurgeon Dr KS Sethna, she got admitted to the hospital on October 8.
Singh alleged she received two units of A+ve blood instead of B+ve. She died two days later. Singh submitted an RTI query had revealed the hospital's house officer had sent her blood sample to the blood bank without proper labelling.
The hospital and the doctor opposed the complaint and said since she was admitted on a Saturday, the indoor case records were unavailable and her blood group was not known. They further stated they had conducted tests and after confirming her blood group was A+ve, they gave her a transfusion. They further submitted no reaction to the blood transfusion was observed. Their advocate contended it was a rare case of change in blood group due to immunosuppressive stage of the cancer. They claimed the complainant's wife died due to terminal cancer and not blood transfusion.
TNN | Oct 30, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
MUMBAI: BMC-run Sion Hospital and a senior oncosurgeon have been ordered to pay Rs 6 lakh compensation the husband of a school teacher who died in 2011 following complications after she was given a transfusion with the wrong blood group. The patient, Asha Singh, had been undergoing treatment for gallbladder cancer.
The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission said documents and evidence showed deficiency in service. "Reports of the on-duty doctor and the blood bank technician clearly establish rashness and negligence in the way the blood sample was sent to the blood bank and the grouping and cross matching done, resulting in the patient being given group A blood instead of B blood group," the commission said.
The court, however, refused to grant Singh's claim of Rs 49 lakh. "We are of the opinion that the deceased suffered from very high grade cancer...and life expectancy was about seven months to a year. The claim appears to be exaggerated, so we are of the opinion that based on the receipts submitted by the complainant, medical expenses to the tune of Rs 10,000 and compensation toward mental agony and loss, Rs 6 lakh is just and proper," the commission said.
The complainant, Harindra U Singh, submitted that his wife had received chemotherapy and was responding well. He further stated on September 27, 2011, a routine blood examination revealed her haemoglobin levels had dropped and, as per the advice of senior oncosurgeon Dr KS Sethna, she got admitted to the hospital on October 8.
Singh alleged she received two units of A+ve blood instead of B+ve. She died two days later. Singh submitted an RTI query had revealed the hospital's house officer had sent her blood sample to the blood bank without proper labelling.
The hospital and the doctor opposed the complaint and said since she was admitted on a Saturday, the indoor case records were unavailable and her blood group was not known. They further stated they had conducted tests and after confirming her blood group was A+ve, they gave her a transfusion. They further submitted no reaction to the blood transfusion was observed. Their advocate contended it was a rare case of change in blood group due to immunosuppressive stage of the cancer. They claimed the complainant's wife died due to terminal cancer and not blood transfusion.
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