3. UP Government pays interim relief in medical negligence case
As directed by the Commission, the Uttar Pradesh Government has paid a sum of Rs.50,000/- by way of interim relief to the next of kin of Smt. Bihalavati who died on 12 August 1999 due to negligence and carelessness on the part of doctors of the District Hospital, Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
The Commission was also informed that the staff nurses who had been found guilty of dereliction of duty had been placed under suspension and sanction for prosecution had also been granted. Further, the three Medical Officers concerned have been placed under suspension after the court verdict of 7 October 2004 and that an Inquiry Committee has been constituted by an Order of the Government on 23 November 2004 comprising of Deputy Secretary, Medical and Health Department and Director, Medical and Health, UP to inquire into the case against the three doctors.
The Commission was also informed that the staff nurses who had been found guilty of dereliction of duty had been placed under suspension and sanction for prosecution had also been granted. Further, the three Medical Officers concerned have been placed under suspension after the court verdict of 7 October 2004 and that an Inquiry Committee has been constituted by an Order of the Government on 23 November 2004 comprising of Deputy Secretary, Medical and Health Department and Director, Medical and Health, UP to inquire into the case against the three doctors.