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Tag: "negligence" at medical news

Maharashtra Cracks Down On Fake Doctors

...ngau. His pregnant wife had died following medical negligence while under the treatment of an unqualified bogus doctor. The report was presented before the Bombay High Court by assistant government pleader, Pradeep Patil. The report reveals that, 69 cases have been filed in Mumbai itself against quacks of whic...

Compensation Demanded For Bengal's Blood Scam Victims

... fraternity after his wife died of alleged medical negligence in India during a visit in 1998 from USA. "We demand that a search should be undertaken immediately to identify all victims of this 'kit' scandal, many of whom are still unaware about their impending danger, by inserting advertisements in popular m...

Hair-raising issues of hairdressers

...n worsens. Hairdressers are paying a price for the negligence and apathy on the part of employers who have flouted safety regulations like providing shielding gloves or lotions capable of offsetting harm to the skin. Now, LGA has stipulated that owners of beauty salons should comply with the safety and regulat...

Patient Safety Not Addressed by NHS

...ls of infections, medication blunders and clinical negligence in its annual State of Healthcare report that was published today. In addition they have noted a lack of dignity and respect for elderly people in these hospitals This problem is not only widespread in just the NHS but in private hospitals as well. ...

Was the Warning of a Severe Reaction To a Drug, Overlooked?

... reasons for the mishap of the trial, blamed gross negligence to clear warnings of a lurking severe reaction, which had certainly gone unheeded. An antibody drug, called TGN1412, caused the participants to suffer an immune reaction. The participants carry an enhanced risk of suffering cancer or arthritis during...

Ministry Cites Negligence as Cause of Kazakh baby HIV cases

The Health Ministry alleges that negligence in a blood transfusion centre led to the death of ...s and independent experts confirm what took place: negligence and failure to comply with medical norms. Questions of safety took second place in the blood centre....

Sexual Harassment on the Rise in Aligarh Muslim University

...ndi) student, Yusra Ahmed, died due to the alleged negligence of university authorities. The students demanded the resignation of the provost and wardens who insinuated that the dead girl was a "bad character" and had committed suicide. AMU, which came up in 1876 to promote modern education among Muslims, ...

Brain Defect boy Compensated for Medical Error

...that he would be mentally retarded, because of the negligence of the doctor. Geetha's father, T.C. George, a r...um in 1991 saying this was a clear case of medical negligence and demanded a compensation of Rs.450,000," the father said. In 1995, the family got a shock when ...

AIIMS Asked to Pay Compensation for Negligence

...he operation began and her death was solely due to negligence on the part of the institute, they alleged. (Source: IANS)...

Doctors at Andhra hospital strike work

...by relatives of a patient, who died due to alleged negligence of the hospital staff. The other doctors and hospital employees had to run for their lives. "How can we carry out our duties without protection," asked a woman doctor as the employees held a demonstration in front of the hospital building. Patien...

Patient's relatives attack doctors

Relatives of a patient, who died due to alleged negligence by doctors, attacked the medical staff at the gove... of the institution. Denying that he died due to negligence by doctors, she said he was brought in a critical condition. The incident evoked strong protest fr...

Supreme Court Notice to Centre, MCI on Doctors' Strike

... as to whether doctors strike should be treated as negligence or misconduct on their part. It also asked Dhavan to examine whether MCI can initiate action against the doctors and paramedics for resorting to strike. Source:PTI News...

Private Nursing Home in Madhya Pradesh Fined For Negligence

...pay a Rs.100,000 fine for alleged// post-operative negligence resulting in the death of a patient. Phool Chand Soni admitted his wife Sarla to Ayushman Hospital following swelling in her uterus and respiratory trouble. "Investigations revealed a tumor in her uterus. Since the tumor was not malignant and the...

Malaria Claimes 60 Lives In Terai, Dooars Areas

...b-division tomorrow in protest against the alleged negligence of the health department in taking measures against malaria. Source:PTI News...

Women Complains of Failed Tubectomy from Two Different States

...wo children who were born, they allege, due to the negligence of the doctors. Health officials have ordered a probe into the case. The woman from Bhopal, Simran Lalwani, says she underwent a birth control operation six months ago and the certificate issued by the Civil Hospital in Bairagarh said she was "su...

BreastScreen Australia Is Being Sued Towards Medical Negligence

...rms, Maurice Blackburn Cashman, to mount a medical negligence case. It was explained by the firm that in the c...Stating that she is very angry and upset about the negligence when she underwent a mastectomy and was told her life expectancy had been reduced by an unknown time...

Dengue Claims its First Victim in Kolkata

...he victim's family has alleged that he died due to negligence by the hospital authorities. The city's civic authorities, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), has decided to open more clinics to combat the dreaded, often fatal, disease. Municipal Commissioner Alapan Bandyopadhyay has instructed the health dep...

Klebsiella Outbreak In Durban Blamed On Staff Shortage & Overcrowding

...5 had killed 22 babies, but Mseluku stated that no negligence had ever been found and that there were no staffs that were facing any kind off disciplinary action. The health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang set up a task team to investigate the causes of the outbreak and claims that as many as 40 babies also d...

Undiagnosed cyst lands GP in trouble.

...complaints tribunal has pointed at him for medical negligence in diagnosing an ovarian cyst weighing 14.7 kg. Th...drained out. This is being treated as professional negligence on the part of the GP who had failed to diagnose the problem within a decent timeframe. The accusa...

Negligence Cases in the Obstetrics Department Increases Fatality Rates

...tetrics department generates the biggest number of negligence claims//. A new report shows that one in five cases of negligence from this department. Data was collected from 2002 when the medical field was going through a period...

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