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Two Fortis Gurgaon cardiologists arrested for gross medical negligence
Last updated on Apr 13, 2018, 04:12 pm
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Two senior doctors attached to Gurgaon's Fortis hospital have been arrested today for gross medical negligence that resulted in the death of a 51-year-old woman last year.
The woman was admitted on May 12 with chest pain and 8-hours later, she died of cardiac arrest.
Medical board report says Dr Suryanarayan Murty and Dr Vajja Nagaraju didn't administer a pivotal medicine to prevent cardiac-arrest.
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Docs in dock
Seema was fully conscious when admitted, RCG showed abnormalities
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The patient, Seema Ghai, was fully conscious when she was admitted to the hospital with chest pain around 1:35am.
Her ECG, performed 10-minutes later, showed abnormality.
"She suffered a cardiac-arrest at 4:20am and was put on life-support in ICU but no doctors accompanied her," said her husband Mukesh.
The medical board report claimed that Dr Nagraju 'ignored the report of the patient's cardiac enzymes'.
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Information
Docs told Mukesh wife recovering, even as she lay dead
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The cardiologist while admitting his fault to cops said he didn't administer the anti-platelet medicine to arrest cardiac-stroke. Seema's angiography at 9 AM showed '100% blockage in left anterior descending artery' and she was declared dead at 9:48am though doctors told Mukesh that she's recovering.
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What happened
Doctors delayed administering pivotal life-saving medicine to patient
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Seema's husband Mukesh, who works as AGM in RITES Ltd, registered a complaint against four doctors last year, after which the district medical board initiated an inquiry.
On the basis of that report, a case was registered at Sushant Lok thana under IPC-section 304 (causing death by negligence) on February 20.
They'll be produced in court today.
Meanwhile, Fortis said they are cooperating with authorities.
