Wrong Ovary Removed: Consumer Forum Directs Govt Hospital to Compensate Patient

CHENNAI:
The South Chennai District Shopper Disputes Redressal Discussion board has ordered the city-based Executive Kasturba Gandhi Sanatorium for Ladies and Kids, to compensate an aggrieved affected person for at the start reporting the incorrect analysis, on then, at the foundation of that file, negligently accomplishing a fancy surgical procedure.
The case is that of a affected person, who approached a personal scan centre after she evolved belly ache and vomiting. On the scanning centre, she had gone through Urine Being pregnant Check and USG. The result of those exams confirmed that she was once having an ectopic being pregnant within the left ovary (left ovarian being pregnant).
Later, she went to Kasturba Sanatorium the place she as soon as once more went positive exams. The take a look at file learn, “proper ovary enlarged c/s: Encapsulated mass within the rt ovary.” Due to this fact, the affected person underwent laparoscopy operation for the elimination of her proper ovary. Even after the surgical procedure, the affected person had chronic ache.
Due to this fact, she visited the Joseph Nursing House the place the operation of ‘Laparoscopic Analysis of Tubal Abortion Indication: Left Ectopic Anaesthesia: GA’ was once performed. The file from the nursing house obviously indicated:
“Findings: Uterus RV, fastened and blood clots discovered within the POD with omental adhesion. Haemoperitoneum discovered. Proper tube commonplace and Proper Ovary absent. Left tube enlarged Fimbrial finish distended & fastened to Left Ovary & POD with contents of Tubal abortion.
Alleging that, with none correct analysis and remedy, Kasturba health facility discharged her in a hasty means with out taking into account her issues, the affected person moved the district client discussion board.
All over the listening to, the health facility failed to supply any paperwork to end up that the affected person had both a cyst or expansion hemorrhagic in the precise ovary.
After a cautious perusal of all of the reviews submitted with the court docket, the bench presided by means of Justice Thiru M Mony and comprising Tmt Ok Amala as Member seen that the negligence in analysis, remedy and management of surgical procedure by means of the health facility is completely incorrect.
“There’s no deformity in the precise ovary apart from left ovary proves that the 1 st reverse celebration with utter fail to remember of the file wrongly made analysis and negligently performed ovariotomy of proper ovary by means of Laparoscopy Operation.”
Within the consequence, the court docket directed the health facility to pay a sum of Rs 1.19 lakh to the affected person.