A consumer court in Chennai has held two private hospitals guilty of medical negligence after a dental procedure led to a foreign object entering a patient’s body, followed by an endoscopic intervention performed without valid consent. According to the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the case dates back to August 2025, when a city resident underwent a root canal procedure. During the treatment, a sharp dental instrument reportedly slipped into the patient’s digestive tract. The Commission noted that standard safety protocols, including the use of a rubber dam, were not followed.
It also found that proper informed consent had not been obtained prior to the procedure. Subsequently, the patient was treated at another private hospital, where an endoscopic procedure was performed to manage the complication. However, the Commission observed that this intervention too lacked…
