The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has passed an order to suspend the licence of three doctors for a period of three months, owing to medical negligence. A four-month-old child had died in April, 2017, following which her parents had alleged medical negligence. They said on Friday that they are not happy with the punishment and will seek intervention of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with an appeal for reviewing the order. The child, identified as komal joshi (Name changed), was admitted at the Hospital in Joka after her parents noticed blood in her stool.
On April 15, Komal was shifted to another Hospital near Kadapara on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass for colonoscopy. It was alleged that there she was kept unattended for two days and on April 18, it was decided that the colonoscopy would be done. But before that, komal was allegedly kept without food for more than eight hours. On…
