A day after major medical negligence case emerged at premier Fortis Hospital where doctors operated the wrong leg of a patient, The Pioneer found out that a total of 143 complaints of medical negligence have been reported to Delhi Medical Council (DMC) till June 23 this year. In 2015, DMC had received 253 complaints of medical negligence by doctors.
According to Dr Girish Tyagi, Registrar DMC, these are the complaints received from people. DMC takes action against culprit doctors after thorough investigation on treatment part, medical negligence and professional misconduct against doctors.
“Since May this year, DMC has reported complaints against doctors from Hindu Rao Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospiatl, Apollo Hospital, Moolchand Hospital, Hedgewar Hospital, lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, lok Nayak Hospital and Max Hospitals (Shalimar Bagh and Pitampura),” said DMC official adding that these cases are being into consideration.
Earlier in the year, DMC received complaints against Max Hospital (Saket), Fortis Flt. lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Bala ji Action Medical Institute, GB Pant Hospital, DDU Hospital, St. Stephen’s Hospital, GTB hospital, said the official.
“We take action against a doctor once our fact-finding committee reviews the whole matter. We look at past medical practice records of the doctor, his/ her medical ethics. If we find something wrong, we take action. And, if we find fraudulent complaints, we dispose the case,” Dr Tyagi told The Pioneer.
He added that if the council finds lack of infrastructure, shortage of medical staff in hospitals, then DMC writes to the Delhi Government for quick action in this regard.