The Odisha State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) has sought a report from the Angul district Collector and Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) regarding the death of a woman due to medical negligence.
The petitioner Human Rights Watch secretary Sangita Swain in her petition alleged that an woman linupama Debata, a resident of Nandira Colony in Talcher in Angul district due to administering of a wrong injection by a doctor of the Madapala Sub-Divisional Hospital on March 19, 2016 .
Petitioner Swain has prayed to the court to take criminal action against the hospital authorities and provide compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the kin of the deceased woman. The commission has sought a report from the Angul Collector and the CDMO within four weeks.
OSHRC had received the petition on transfer from the National Human Rights Commission.(NHRC)