The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi, cleared a private hospital and four doctors, including the Medical Superintendent, Gynecologist, General Surgeon, and Anesthetist, of medical negligence charges in the death of a woman suffering from placenta previa grade IV, a severe and life-threatening pregnancy complication. The court held that the emergency surgery and subsequent referral to a government hospital were performed in good faith as life-saving measures, not due to negligence. The case dates back to 2015, when the patient was admitted to a private hospital in Delhi with heavy bleeding during her 18–19-week pregnancy.
The doctors performed an emergency procedure to terminate the pregnancy and control bleeding. However, her condition deteriorated, and she was later referred to Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), where she died the next day. According to the…
