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Medical negligence Vishal Sharma Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 28 In this backdrop, a recent order by Ludhiana Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, while upholding the complainant’s stand, has to a great extent settled the contours of medical negligence. The forum, through order dated August 22, directed the Mittal Nursing Maternity Hospital and Nursing Home, Khanna, and Dr Raksha Mittal of the hospital to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation, on account of deficiency in services, to the patient, Rajni Chhibber, wife of complainant Jeevan Chhibber, who was admitted in the hospital following labour pains. After threadbare persual of allegations, defence and material on record, the forum held: “It is established that the doctor did not act in accordance with the practice acceptable to a responsible body of skilled medical professionals. The doctor had been negligent in rendering treatment to the patient.” The facts of the case, according to the complainant, Jeevan Chhibber, are that labour pains of his wife started at about 3.00 am on September 5,2004. The complainant and his family members immediately took Rajni to the said hospital and got her admitted there. The complainant also deposited Rs 10,000 in advance but was not issued any receipt for the same. Thereafter, his wife remained in the supervision of the hospital and as her condition worsened, she was applied a drip and was told to walk in the open space as it would have helped the baby to come down. Dr Raksha Mittal behaved rudely with Rajni and told her to pass urine again and again while also forcing her to sit by bending her legs. The patient was repeatedly injected some medicine to ensure normal delivery of child but midway doctor left without telling her whereabouts. Meanwhile, the patient’s condition turned serious and for at least four hours there was no doctor to attend her except few nurses. Finally, during midnight, the doctor came and informed the patient that the foetus was heavy which had resulted in prolonged labour and also increased the chances of tightening of cord around the neck region of the foetus. Significantly, the doctor recommended ceasarean operation but was unable to arrange for an anaesthesian and paediatrician. Also, there was no availability of continuous electronic monitoring system as required in such cases. This despite the fact that obstetricians have repeatedly stressed on the ill-effects of trauma on the foetus caused by difficult vaginal manipulations and instrumental deliveries. Doctor, even in the face of dangerous situation, never shifted the patient to some other well-equipped hospital and got delivered the baby “with extreme negligence and recklessness” at 12.42 am on September 6,2004. The child was born in a critical condition and even the patient was in terrible shape but the complainant and his family was informed an one hour later and told to shift the baby to Cheema Medical Complex in Mohali. Dr Virdi of the hospital in Mohali observed “oxygen supply to the foetus’s brain was interrupted/ceased resulting in the severe damage to the brain”.
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Brace can cure knee problem: Doctor
Chandigarh, September 28 Dr Naik of the PNR Society for Relief and Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, an NGO, is holding a four-day camp at Sood Bhavan in Sector 44. “Painful knees are a result of damage to the cartilage, which serves as a cushion to the knee bones. With the fixing of knee brace, the weight is shifted to mechanical joints from the anatomic joints,” said Dr Naik. If the patient uses the braces regularly with follow-up, the cartilage starts developing and after one year the patient can get rid of the braces in addition to escaping the costly surgery of knee replacement, he said. “The knee brace tied with upper and lower parts of the leg keeps the bones open, thus helping in the development of cartilage,” said Dr Nayak. “However, a pair of a patented knee brace will cost Rs 4,000,” he added. |
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3-min AIDS/HIV kit to be launched
Chandigarh, September 28 To be launched under the company's vision of "healthy society through affordable nutrition", the Drug Controller of India
(DCI) has granted licence for the marketing of the bio-sensor-based diagnostic knit in India."The company's foray into the pharma and diagnostic sectors was on the cards for a long time. The kit has given us the right platform to address the medical fraternity with a product which is the need of the hour," said Anuradha Desai, chairperson. However, currently the firm will import the kit from M/s MedMira Inc of Canada. The diagnostic test is very simple and does not require any expert to do or read it. Anybody can do it and obtain the results within three minutes, company officials claimed, adding that the kit was going to be economically priced to serve the masses. |
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6 more dengue cases surface
Chandigarh, September 28 Out of the six cases four were found from Chandigarh, while other two were from Mohali and Panchkula. With these four cases, the number of dengue pateitns in the city has increased to 15. While one case of dengue from Mani Majra reached at the PGI, three cases were confirmed at Government Medical College and Hospital, (GMCH), Sector 32. Two of the three cases, confirmed at GMCH, were found from colony number 5. |
JP Atray Tourney Tribune News Service
Mohali, September 28 State bank of Mysore won the toss and decided to field. Mysore bowlers restricted PCA at 185 in 48.4 overs. Although openers could not open their account, Sunny Sohal played a fine knock of in Chandan Madan’s company to get their team out of woods. The duo added 48 runs off 72 balls. Tanmeet Bawa and Ankur contributed 21 and 19 runs, respectively. Anand Kati and B. Akhil took two wickets each, giving 36 and 17 runs, respectively. State Bank of Mysore achieved 187 for 6 in 46.2 overs. Tilka Naidu and Vijay Madialkar gave their team a slow and steady start as both added 53 runs during their partnership. Vijay Madialkar made 28 runs. K.S.T. Sai chipped in unbeaten 48 whereas Sasi Kumar remained not out on 38 to guide the team to reach the target in 46.2 overs. Ravi Inder Singh took two wickets while Ankur, Harmeet and Sarabjit snapped one wicket each. Brief scores PCA Colts: 185 all out in 48.5 overs (Sunny Sohal 56, Chandan Madhan 47, Tanmeet Bawa 21, Ankur Kakar 19, B. Akhil 2 for 17, Anand Kati 2 for 36). State Bank of Mysore: 187 for 6 in 46.2 overs (K.S.T. Sai 48 n o, Sasi Kumar 38 n o, Tilka Naidu 35, Vijay Madialkar 28, Ravi Inder Singh 2 for 40, Ankur Kakar 1 for 32, Harmeet Singh 1 for 35, Sarabjit Singh 1 for 37). The day-night final will be played on September 30 at PCA Cricket Stadium, Mohali. the match will begin at 2.30 pm. Tomorrow’s fixture: Punjab Cricket Club vs PCA Colts at DAV School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, at 9.30 am for the third and fourth positions.
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Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Tourney Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 28 Over 200 players from 10 CSIR labs, situated in different parts of the country, are participating in the three-day event. Today’s results Volleyball: Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, b Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysore, (25-14, 25-13); Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysore, b Indian Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, (25-11, 25-15); National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, b Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, (25-15, 25-21); Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, b Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthpuram, (25-13, 25-15); Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, b IICB, Kolkata, (25-21, 25-15); Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, b IGIB, Delhi, (25-13, 25-8).
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Sector 16 stadium to have
hi-tech cameras for ODI
Chandigarh, September 28 It’s a bonanza for those who want to enjoy the thrill of this high-profile match while sitting in their TV rooms. As many as 29 cameras, including four virtual eye cameras, are being installed by BCCI-nominated Nimbus Sports Company. Daljeet, an official of Nimbus, has already paid a visit to the venue to finalise the camera positions. There would be five cameras on either side of the wickets at a height of 45 feet.
Apart from routine mid-wicket, run-out and reverse-slip cameras, there will be stump cameras and microphones, too. “Underground tunnel-like waterproof ducting has been done to run the cables of the stump microphones and stump cameras and a nylon rope has been laid permanently in this duct with two ends of the rope coming out of the two outlets of the duct,” said
Daljeet. Once the entire camera job is done, an advanced team will do the recce. “This exercise would be executed probably three days before the match,” added Daljeet. Meanwhile, organising officials informed Chandigarh Tribune that there was a proposal to sell the tickets for the school students for Rs 75 each, through the DPI (S) Office. |
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Media centre for Sec 16 stadium
Chandigarh, September 28 Sources said the centre could accommodate as many as 110 persons and had been constructed at a cost of Rs 88 lakh. The fully air-conditioned centre has a gym in the basement and a restaurant, kitchen and third empire room on the ground floor. The first floor of building includes rooms for commentators and transmission rooms for live telecast of the match with Internet connection facility. A special kind of light green plate glass has been fixed in front of cabins to provide better visibility of the cricket ground. UT sports director I.S. Sandhu, UT chief engineer V.K. Bhardwaj, city mayor Harjinder Kaur and CITCO MD Jasbir Singh Bir were present. |
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Junior boxing meet from October 6
Chandigarh, September 28 For participation in the 11-weight categories of the junior division, the boxers should be born in the year 1990, 1991 and 1992. During the championship, the Chandigarh state junior men team would be selected for participation in the 40th Junior National Men Boxing Championships to be held at Warangal (AP) from October 25-30. In women championship, the city team would be selected for Junior National Women’s Boxing Championships to be held at Kolkata in November. The participants are required to bring the original age certificate/medical book of IABF at the time of weighing-in on October 6 between 8-10 am along with the authority letter of the head of his/her respective institution. |
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Tanika rips apart Nainital school
Mohali, September 28 Batting first, YPS scored 88 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Mayo College reached the target in 16.4 overs with four wickets down. In the second match between Pinegrove, Dharampur, and Ashoka Hall School, Nainital, the former made 136 runs in 20 overs at the loss of four wickets. In reply, Ashoka Hall were all out for 26 runs in 8.3 overs. Tanika of Pinegrove took seven wickets for 10 runs in four overs. In another match, YPS, Patiala, beat Daly College, Indore, by just two runs in a well-contested match. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Captain Amarjot Singh, principal of Pinegrove School, Dharampur. |
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Junior hockey team for nationals
Chandigarh, September 28 The team will leave tomorrow for Gwalior. Names of the players are; Navneet Kaur, Deepika, Renu, Sarita, Jayoti Pandey, Rinku, Babita, Sapna, Raman, Poonam, Mandeep, Suman, Shikha, Reena, Priyanka and Pooja. Sunil Kanta Goswami will be the coach while international hockey player Bimal Jass will be the manager of the team. |
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Modi college win gymnastic titles
Patiala, September 28 Mahesh, Parvesh, Shammi Kumar, Surinder, Sagar and Mohit represented the college in the boys’ section while Sheena, Baljit Kaur, Dimple, Manu Sharma and Pooja Bansal were in the girls’ category. Earlier, the college had won the inter-college boxing championship for boys. |
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PU sports dept pulls a fast one on trainees
Rajay Deep Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 28 The university has been conducting a training camp for the national level inter-varsity archery and base ball championships on the premises. According to sources, the department is expected to provide food worth Rs 100 per day to every national player and if the amount of food is less, then the rest of the amount should be paid to the players in cash. But here, the sports department has been using unfair means to calculate the diet amount that’s far less than the displayed total. For instance, boys are entitled to a glass of juice in the morning and girls are entitled to the same in the evening. Although boys are not being provided juice in the evening, cost of juice (Rs 15) is being added to the cost of their daily diet. The same is the case with girls. Woe of the participants do not end here. The university has provided only one room at gymnasium hall for accommodating 40 players. While talking to this correspondent, the players rued the embezzlement in the amount of diet, unhealthy food, insanitary condition of washrooms and lack of adequate space in the room provided to them. “The room, in which we all have been accommodated, has only two fans. Toilets are stinky. As there is no provision of drinking water near the room, we go to hostel No. 5 to drink water. Water supply in the washrooms is also not sufficient.” A city-based archery player, attending the camp, said, “We have been provided the kind of food which is neither nutritious nor sufficient for any player. I am a local resident but the authorities concerned do not allow me to go home, where I can have better food.” On being apprised of the issues, acting PU sports director Nawal Kishore said, “No complaint has come to me so far but I will take it seriously and look into the matter.”
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