Minor’s dengue death: SC seeks reply from Centre, Hry govt, MCI

GIRL’S FATHER HAD ALLEGED THAT HOSPITAL’S MALPRACTICE RESULTED IN PROLONGING MEDICAL TREATMENT,

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought the reply of the Centre, MCI and Haryana government on a man’s plea, seeking ₹10 crore as compensation from a Gurgaon-based hospital for alleged medical negligence that led to the death of his seven-yearold daughter, who had dengue.

A bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre issued a notice to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Medical Council of India (MCI), Haryana government, Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurgaon, the hospital’s doctor and others on the plea filed by the father of the child, Adya, who died during treatment in November last year.

The petitioner, Jayant Singh, alleged that the hospital’s “medical malpractice and wrong treatment resulted in prolonging medical treatment, which permitted blatant profiteering by the hospital at the cost of his daughter’s life”.

He alleged that the doctor took her daughter off the ventilator when her survival was deemed economically unfeasible.

In his plea, the father also sought setting up of a separate body for regulating and acting against medical negligence along with cancellation of the licence of the hospital and that of the doctor due to whose “gross negligence” his daughter died.