Licence of the Shalimar Bagh branch was cancelled for erroneously declaring a newborn dead
The Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has given a clean chit to the doctors accused of medical negligence at the Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh for wrongly declaring a newborn dead. The executive committee of the council has found few procedural lapses in the entire investigation, which, as per the committee was due to the absence of standard operating guidelines.
"There have been procedural lapses and inadequate documentation which is probably due to the absence of standard operating guidelines when managing such cases (cases of birth before 24 weeks of gestation)," the order said.
The DMC is a regulatory body for registered doctors and medical education in the state. The medical body has now sent the report to the Directorate General of Health Services of Delhi government for the formulation of the guidelines.
The Delhi government on December 8, 2017, had cancelled the license of the hospital's branch in Shalimar Bagh for wrongly declaring a baby dead. A preliminary report submitted by a panel of doctors to the government had found the hospital guilty of not having followed the prescribed medical norms in dealing with a pair of newborn twins.
However, the finance commissioner had extended the stay on Delhi government's order and the next hearing is scheduled for May 17.
The three-member panel had submitted the report after scrutinising hospital records and meeting with the concerned staff. After the infant's death, an investigation into the alleged medical negligence case was transferred from the northwest district police to the Crime Branch.
The authorities had then approached Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to look into the cancellation order.
The finance commissioner is a statutory post and the incumbent on this post exercises the powers of the lieutenant governor/ chief commissioner, delegated under various statues. The commissioner has been delegated powers to act in a quasi-judicial capacity. The commissioner hears revision petitions/appeals against orders passed by a competent authority under various acts including Delhi Nursing Home Registration Act, 1953.
The nine-member committee formed by Delhi government to frame guidelines on the functioning of private hospitals, in its report, has restricted the private hospitals from refusing to handover the dead body over the pending bills. The committee has prepared the report which has been submitted to the health secretary.
"There are many instances in which attendants alleged that the hospital authorities did not handover the dead body as the bill was pending. No one can take this advantage. It has been strictly decided that no hospital will refuse in such cases," said a senior Delhi government official. The committee had members from Indian Medical Association (IMA), Delhi Medical Council (DMC), Delhi Medical Association (DMA) and other stakeholders.
The hospital serves over 15,000 patients in its OPD, 3,000 patients in IPD per month including those from the economically weaker sections of the society.
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- The nine-member committee formed by Delhi government to frame guidelines on the functioning of private hospitals, in its report, has restricted the private hospitals from refusing to handover the dead body over the pending bills. The committee has prepared the report which has been submitted to the health secretary.
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