Medical Negligence
-
Doctor operates on wrong hand of 6-year-old in Maharashtra hospital; probe committee formed
Maharashtra | Mar 30, 2026, 09:02 AM ISTA six-year-old boy in Pandharpur allegedly suffered a major medical error when a doctor removed a finger from the wrong hand during surgery. The family accused the hospital of negligence, while officials claimed the condition affected both hands.
-
Maharashtra: Couple dies after organ transplant in Pune; health department serves notice to hospital
Maharashtra | Aug 25, 2025, 12:11 PM ISTTheir family has accused the hospital of medical negligence and is calling for an investigation into the deaths. The hospital, however, maintains that the procedures were carried out following standard medical guidelines.
-
Infant's death due to alleged 'medical negligence' triggers tension at Odisha's hospital
India | Jul 28, 2025, 09:36 PM ISTAccording to police, the child’s death led to a heated altercation between the grieving family and hospital staff, prompting law enforcement to intervene.
-
Chennai: Consumer commission orders compensation after baby loses fingers due to medical negligence
India | Jul 28, 2025, 02:33 PM ISTThe case concerned a premature baby boy, born at 24 weeks, who later had all five fingers on his right hand amputated due to gangrene. The Commission found that the complications arose from a cervical pessary procedure, the insertion of a silicone ring to support the cervix.
-
Maharashtra: FIR for 'negligence' registered against doctor in Tanisha Bhise death case
Maharashtra | Apr 19, 2025, 08:31 PM ISTA seven-month pregnant woman lost her life after she was refused treatment by Pune's Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital. Police have now registered a case of alleged criminal negligence against a doctor.
-
MP: 7 die after 'fake' cardiologist treats them in Damoh, NHRC orders probe
Madhya Pradesh | Apr 07, 2025, 02:09 PM ISTStarting from April 7 to April 9, a team from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will be stationed in Damoh to probe the serious allegations involving a fake doctor operating at a local missionary hospital.
-
Doctors leave scissor inside woman's body during cancer treatment, only to find out 2 years later
Madhya Pradesh | Nov 30, 2024, 12:29 PM ISTAfter getting a CT scan done at Bhind District Hospital, scissors were seen in the woman's stomach. After which the doctors as well as the woman's family were stunned as to how such a big negligence could be committed.
-
Uttar Pradesh: Woman, newborn die during delivery, family accuses doctors of negligence
Uttar Pradesh | Nov 10, 2024, 09:18 AM ISTUttar Pradesh news: The official said the husband claimed that the mother and child died during the operation but the doctors did not inform them about it and referred her to another hospital, saying her condition was serious.
-
Protest erupts after bureaucrat dies due to medical negligence in Rajasthan's Jodhpur
Rajasthan | Sep 19, 2024, 09:48 PM ISTNotably, the officer underwent surgery earlier this month at the Vasundhara Hospital in Jodhpur but her condition deteriorated after the surgery and was shifted to Ahmedabad.
-
MP: Mother, newborn die due to alleged medical negligence, family protests with infant's body in bag
Madhya Pradesh | Jul 30, 2024, 05:58 PM ISTIn Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, severe medical negligence led to the death of a mother and her newborn. The family accused the district hospital staff of incompetence, prompting a dramatic protest where they carried the infant’s body in a bag.
-
Uttar Pradesh: Private doctor booked for removing wrong organ during surgery in Varanasi | DETAILS
Uttar Pradesh | Jul 28, 2023, 12:14 PM ISTThe accused doctor has been identified as Praveen Tiwari who runs a private nursing home in Varanasi.
-
Bihar: Nearly two dozen women tied, operated for tubectomy without anaesthesia; probe ordered
India | Nov 17, 2022, 07:31 PM ISTCommenting on the incident, Amarnath Jha, the civil surgeon of Khagaria said, "We have initiated an inquiry into the matter and have asked for an explanation from the NGO responsible for the inhuman act."
-
2 doctors of Sahara Hospital to pay Rs 30 lakh to patient for medical negligence
India | Nov 19, 2019, 05:50 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Doctors Sandeep Agarwal and Muffazal Ahmed to pay Rs 20 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively, to Gyan Mishra of Lucknow, who died during pendency of the consumer complaint.
-
Jharkhand men complain of stomach ache, doc prescribes pregnancy test
India | Oct 14, 2019, 01:36 PM ISTA doctor in Jharkhand prescribed pregnancy test to two young men in Chatra district after they complained of stomach pain. Besides pregnancy test, Mukesh Kumar, a government hospital doctor, also asked Gopal Ganjhu and Kameshwar Janhu to undergo tests for HIV and haemoglobin.
-
Dr Kafeel Khan cleared of all charges in 2017 Gorakhpur child deaths
India | Sep 27, 2019, 12:03 PM ISTA departmental inquiry has absolved paediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan of the charges of medical negligence, corruption and dereliction of duty on the day more than 60 children died at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College due to oxygen shortage in August 2017.
-
AHRC holds doctor guilty of medical negligence
India | Sep 25, 2019, 07:48 PM ISTThe full bench of AHRC consisting of its Chairman Justice T. Vaiphei, held Dr. Ghanashyam Thakuria of Ambari Urban Health Centre, guilty of medical negligence in the death of one Pinky Das and recommended that the doctor should pay the compensation to the family of the deceased within two months' time.
-
Patient left gasping for breath as doctor forgets him in MRI machine
India | Sep 23, 2019, 04:27 PM ISTAnother case of medical negligence has come to light where the doctor forgot 61-year-old elderly patient inside the MRI machine. The incident happened in MRI and City Scan Center in Panchkula, Haryana.
-
FIR against Gurugram hospital for swapping babies
India | Sep 10, 2019, 10:07 PM ISTThe police have registered an FIR against the management of Swastik Hospital, following the direction of the CM Window. The CM window is a Haryana government's initiative to address the people's grievances.
-
Indian expat in UAE gets Rs 39 lakh compensation for wife's death due to medical negligence
India | Sep 06, 2019, 02:33 PM ISTThe court ordered to share the amount of compensation (200,000 dirhams) between Abraham and his two children, the report said.
-
To treat hydrocele, doctors operate upon man's leg in Bihar
India | Sep 04, 2019, 04:07 PM ISTRambhajan Yadav, who is in his early 50s, was admitted at Gaya's Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital two days ago for a hydrocele surgery. But to the shock of his family, the doctors operated upon his leg, which they said was fine.