A patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) filed a complaint before the State Commission against Dr. X and his hospital for lack of necessary skills and surgical instruments. Case history The AS patient underwent right side total hip replacement (THR) 11 years earlier and left side THR seven years earlier at a hospital. A year back, he consulted a doctor at the hospital for difficulty in walking and pain in his right hip. The doctor suggested acetabular cups replacement.
However, due to the unavailability of that doctor for early surgery, the patient approached Dr. X at another hospital, where he underwent revision surgery for eight hours. The patient accused that Dr. X did not perform the necessary tests and had no experience in performing joint surgeries and replacing the acetabular cap. He complained that the surgery did not improve his condition; he could not walk for long and…
