Kolkata’s corporate Hospital has been fined Rs30 lakh by the newly formed West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission over the death of a child. The commission ordered Corporate Hospitals to pay Rs10 lakh within a month, and the balance within two months. The newly formed West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) on Friday imposed a fine of Rs30 lakh on Corporate Hospital and some of its doctors guilty of medical negligence in a case involving the death of a four-month old girl.
“Corporate Hospital is guilty of mismanagement and misrepresentation of facts and deficiency in services,” the Commission said in its order and awarded a compensation of Rs30 lakh to the family of child who died in April. The commission also said three doctors were found to be “negligent” in discharging their duties.The chief executive of Corporate Hospital said the order…
