Twin death: hospital gets clean chit

No medical negligence in newborn death case, says DMC

May 09, 2018 01:48 am | Updated 01:48 am IST - NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI: 10/12/2017: A scene at  Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh, as the  listing a series of violations, the Delhi government on Friday cancelled the licence of Max Super Speciality Hospital ,  In New Delhi on Sunday.  Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma

NEW DELHI: 10/12/2017: A scene at Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh, as the listing a series of violations, the Delhi government on Friday cancelled the licence of Max Super Speciality Hospital , In New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma

The Delhi Medical Council (DMC) has given a “clean chit” to Max Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, ruling out medical negligence on the part of doctors in the treatment administered to the complainant’s newborn baby.

The case pertains to 2017, when doctors at the hospital had allegedly wrongly declared a boy dead at birth on November 30. His twin was stillborn. The boy died a week later. Earlier, the council’s disciplinary committee decided to look into the matter and response was sought from the hospital and the staff involved in the case.

DMC registrar Girish Tyagi said, “We formed an expert panel comprising paediatricians and gynaecologists who looked into the matter.”

The council report said, “There has been no procedural lapses and inadequate documentation which is probably due to absence of standard operating guidelines when managing such cases.”

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