The Odisha State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) has closed the case of a woman of Kumarpur village under the Soro police station in Baleswar district Ranjita Sahu, who had a sterilisation operation at Agarpada hospital in Bhadrak district but later had her left hand amputated in SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
later, based on a petition filed by Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita Swain, the OSHRC had issued notice to the Health and Family Department Secretary, the Bhadrak CDMO, the doctor who performed the sterilsation operation, the SCB Hospital Medical Superintendent and Head of Department of surgery and the doctor, who performed the surgery and perused through all the documents.
The commission was informed by the Health Secretary in his letter dated on June 17, 2017 has that a compensation amount of Rs 3 lakh has been paid to the victim Ranjita Sahu.
The commission felt that as compensation has already been to the victim, there is no need to proceed further in the matter. Accordingly, further proceeding in the case stands closed, said the OSHRC.