Medical Negligience
Doctor fails to detect foetal anomaly in scan, Karnataka consumer forum orders Rs 20 lakh compensation
Dr Rajani, who had conducted the ultrasound scanning, said there were no indications for Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) since no abnormality was detected in the tests.
A consumer court in Karnataka has ordered a radiologist to pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to a 22-year-old woman for failing to detect a foetal anomaly while conducting ultrasound scanning during her pregnancy.
The victim had approached the Vijayapura district Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission after her newborn baby was diagnosed with myelomeningocele, a congenital condition.
According to the order,
Dr Shailaja A Inamdar, a gynaecologist at Ishwar Nursing Home referred the pregnant woman to Dr Rajani P Jadhav, consultant radiologist at Rajani Sonography X-Ray Centre in Vijayapura, to detect foetal abnormalities if any.
The woman then underwent a foetal anomaly scan and several other medical tests and Dr Rajani opined that the foetus had no sign of myelomeningocele.
In June 2020, the woman gave birth to a boy, but doctors found a 10×12 cm-size myelomeningocele on the child’s spine. Thereafter, the infant was taken to Sanjeevani Hospital for surgery which incurred huge expenses. The woman, in her complaint, said she had taken a second opinion from a paediatric surgeon who said that the newborn will have to suffer lifelong issues, including recurrent urinary tract infections which could lead to an unhealthy life.
It is difficult to believe that Dr Rajani P Jadhav could not detect a swelling over the lower back during the scanning which had been performed on Radhika during the second trimester period. We have no hesitation to conclusively hold Dr Rajani P Jadhav liable for the negligence, who failed to diagnose the structural anomalies of the foetus.” the order said.
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