Hospital & Doctor were fined Rs. 10 Lakh for Ignoring Cancer Diagnosis. The Hospital and two doctors in Jalandhar were asked to pay Rs. 10 lakh in compensation to a patient's husband by the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum. The patient admitted in 2014 complained of abdominal pain, and an ultrasound revealed Cholecystitis, leading Surgeon to conclude she suffered from gallbladder stones and an infection.
It was alleged that the lymphadenopathy diagnosis was ignored despite several ultrasounds being undertaken, noting. The significant finding of abdominal lymphadenopathy was totally ignored by the OP No. 3 in spite of having knowledge of the same from the very beginning and the patient has been operated without any adequate investigations to rule out the possibility of cancer of the gallbladder which is one of the dangerous forms of cancer. Whereas the standard medical protocol is that…
