Delhi government issues notice to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital for medical negligence, orders fresh inquiry

Delhi High Court

The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has issued a show cause notice to the Medical Superintendent of Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi for medical negligence leading to death of a patient. 

Following the Delhi High Court order of July 13, 2023, the GNCTD took action on a report of the committee appointed by the High Court, which highlighted various shortcomings amounting to medical negligence by the doctors treating the brother of the petitioner.

It forwarded the report to the Director General, Health Services (DGHS) with the request to examine the matter and submit a compliance report.

The Medical Superintendent (Nursing Home), DGHS forwarded the report to the Registrar, Delhi Medical Council, seeking fresh inquiry in the matter. 

On July 13, the High Court of Delhi had disposed of a petition, which sought contempt proceedings against the respondents for wilful disobedience of the January 13, 2021 verdict of the High Court in case Bhushan Kumar Singhal vs Health and Family Department, GNCTD & Anr.

The Single-Judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh had directed the committee constituted by Dr. Anita Saxena to issue notice to the petitioner, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital and Dr. B.B. Channa in case of medical negligence. 

Dr Saxena was further directed to submit a reasoned enquiry report to the GNCTD for appropriate action and also give a copy of the said report to the petitioner.

The High Court had further directed Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Deputy Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department in the Government of NCT of Delhi, to take action on the committee report within four weeks. 

The Counsel for the petitioner was Kaarya Law, represented by Advocates Shreesh Chadha and Divjot Singh Bhatia.

The post Delhi government issues notice to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital for medical negligence, orders fresh inquiry appeared first on India Legal.



from India Legal https://ift.tt/FAB1wLG

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bombay High Court issues notice on PIL inviting attention to consequences of online gaming

Image
The Bombay High Court issued notice on a Public Interest litigation (PIL) filed inviting attention of the High Court to the side effects and consequences of online gaming. The petitioner, a lawyer  seeks regulation of such activities by the concerned respondents. A copy of the Tamilnadu Pohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022 is placed on record.  From the preamble to the said Act , the Bench noted that on the basis of surveys conducted, various effects of online gaming on school students were noticed requiring such steps to be taken by the said State Government.   The Nagpur Division Bench of Justice AS Chandurkar and Justice Vrushali V. Joshin granted leave to correct the description of the respondents and directed that thereafter, issue notice to the respondents. The post Bombay High Court issues notice on PIL inviting attention to consequences of online gaming appeared first on India Legal . from India Legal https://ift.tt/cTY61n4
Read more

Webinar on Carceral Feminism by Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology (BBDIT), Ghaziabad [March 8]: Register by March 7

The Webinar on Carceral Feminism is organized by Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology (BBDIT), Ghaziabad on March 8, 2022. About the Organiser BabuBanarasi Das… The post Webinar on Carceral Feminism by Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology (BBDIT), Ghaziabad [March 8]: Register by March 7 appeared first on Lawctopus . from Lawctopus https://ift.tt/85Q34TN
Read more