“Doctors and staff of a hospital have a duty of providing basic care to its patient and the hospital is responsible for the level of care given to the patients by its staff,” stated the members of the National Consumer Redressal Commission after finding a Kanpur-based hospital guilty of negligent care and poor service in a case where a newborn suffered severe burn injuries. Read this article to know the facts and findings of the case. Case Mr. X’s wife went into labor on 22.12.2005 and was subsequently admitted to the hospital for delivery. Mrs.
X gave birth to a healthy girl and was kept in the labor room. Mr. and Mrs. X were informed by the doctor around midnight that the baby had developed a fever and had developed an infection and cold and would need to be admitted into the ICU. After much insistence, the baby was shown to the father, and it was seen that both the baby’s legs…
