Medical negligence: SHRC recommends ₹5 lakh compensation to family of pregnant woman
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The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has advisable that the Tamil Nadu authorities pay a compensation of ₹5 lakh to the family of a pregnant woman, who died after labour, after two nurses assisted the supply as a substitute of certified docs within the Primary Health Centre at Thirukurungudi in Tirunelveli district in June 2019.
SHRC member D. Jayachandran additionally advisable initiating disciplinary motion towards the Block Medical Officer Kalaiarasi and Assistant Surgeon Jennifer “over their medical negligence, which caused the death of mother Akila and her stillborn baby.”
The Commission additionally directed the federal government to difficulty an acceptable course to the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai, to be sure that the Deputy Directors of Health Services are strictly adhering to the directions issued for protected and high quality supply care in Primary Health Centres.
“If there is any deviation in this issue, suitable action should be taken against the erring medical officers,” the SHRC mentioned and added that the federal government should difficulty appropriate directions to the Heads of Departments of the Health Department to present correct coaching to the medical and paramedical workers on the time of dealing with pregnant circumstances all through the State of Tamil Nadu to stop such incidents in future.
The Commission had in June 2019 took suo motu cognisance of a media report over the incident about two nurses helping within the supply of a woman as a substitute of docs, which had resulted within the demise of the woman and a stillborn. During the listening to of the case, the deceased’s husband and respondents offered their rivalry and the SHRC made the suggestions after perusing either side of arguments.
“As per Section 437 of the Tamil Nadu Medical Code, the ANM being a maternity assistant can perform the delivery but with the help of the doctor. However, it is the categorical stand of the 1st respondent that ANM failed to inform the doctors and she herself had performed the delivery of the patient,” the Commission identified.
