1 day Ago By Steffy Thevar
1 2 3 Pune: Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) on Saturday sent a letter to the superintendent of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital seeking information about the doctors attending to the the woman who died after delivery, while the five-member inquiry committee set up by the health department in its preliminary report stated that the facility should have admitted the patient. A member of the committee, requesting anonymity, said, "We visited all the three hospitals on Friday where the patient was taken by their relatives before and after delivery. Based on our investigation, we have found that Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital should have admitted the patient and started the treatment.
The deputy director, who heads the committee, has sent the preliminary report to the govt. The final report will be submitted later." The member said, "The Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital claimed that since the woman's treatment was not started at the facility, there was no case of medical negligence .
But the committee found that the hospital had committed a grave mistake by refusing her admission. Under the Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1949, or the Bombay Nursing Homes Registration act, 1949, action can be taken against the hospital if the patient's relatives file an FIR. The health department cannot take any suo motu action.
" A day after protests rocked the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, MMC administrator Dr Rughwani Vinki Mohanlal said, "We have issued a letter to the superintendent of Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital seeking information on all the doctors who attended to the patient or have been involved in this case in any way. Once we get the names, we will issue a notice to all of them seeking an explanation on the entire incident. The doctors would be sought an explanation on whether the ethics of code and conduct were followed or not, and if there was any medical negligence.
Once we receive a response from the hospital, we will conduct the inquiry." Dr Dhanajay Kelkar, the medical director of the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, said he was not aware of the MMC letter to the facility. He said, "It is wrong to link the hospital with the unfortunate incident and the death.
However, we are investigating if the hospital showed any insensitivity towards the patient. Even though I personally called the woman's relatives and told them to pay as much as they could, they left without informing anyone." The hospital issued a public statement on Saturday that it would no longer seek any advance deposit from any patients visiting the hospital's emergency, delivery or the pediatric wards.
A resolution was passed in this regard in a trustee meeting. The health hub's statement said, "When the hospital was started in 2001, no deposit was taken from any patients. As the number of complex patients increased, the deposit system was started in case an expensive treatment was required.
Yesterday's (Friday's) disturbing incident made us review this issue. The trustees and the management have decided that no patient coming to the emergency, maternity or pediatric departments would be asked for any advance or deposit at the time of admission. Its implementation started on Saturday.
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