<p>The High Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by two doctors in a case of medical negligence, leading to the death of an expecting mother and her unborn child. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Dr Indira Rao, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Dr Anil Kumar Saklecha, Radiologist, were accused of medical negligence resulting in the death of Kapali Patne and her unborn child.<br /><br /> Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions filed by the doctors seeking to quash charge sheet filed against them.<br /><br />The 35-year-old Patne, on April 16, 2010, was admitted at Santhosh Hospital located near Coles Park for an elective cesarean. She is said to have died following a fall from the operation table or stretcher. Her husband Parikshit Dalal filed a complaint in Pulakeshinagar police station against the doctors involved in treating her on the day of her death. He had alleged that the doctors were trying to cover-up the death instead of attempting to save the unborn child.<br /><br />The doctors, in their petition, contended that as there was no mens rea (intentional wrongdoing), they must be tried on civil grounds and not on criminal grounds.<br /><br />Dr Rao had informed Kapali's husband Parikshit that his wife had to be shifted to ICU due to an anaphylactic attack after administering anaesthesia. However, the post-mortem report said that Kapali had suffered a fracture on her sacroiliac joint (hip joint) following which a blood clot was formed. <br /><br />It is said, Dr Saklecha, who conducted the ultrasound scan on Kapali, had manipulated the timing of the reports and the hospital had conveniently deleted the scan report from the machine.<br /><br />The judge in the order said, “It was indeed perplexing that the hospital record does not indicate to how the patient had suffered such an injury from the time she was admitted to the hospital and till the time of her death.” The judge said that the scan timings and reports have been manipulated through the 'figment of imagination' of the doctor. The changes in the hospital case sheets create 'curiosity'. The judge vacated the stay granted on framing of charges against the doctors in the lower court and dismissed their petitions.<br /> </p>
<p>The High Court on Monday dismissed petitions filed by two doctors in a case of medical negligence, leading to the death of an expecting mother and her unborn child. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Dr Indira Rao, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Dr Anil Kumar Saklecha, Radiologist, were accused of medical negligence resulting in the death of Kapali Patne and her unborn child.<br /><br /> Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions filed by the doctors seeking to quash charge sheet filed against them.<br /><br />The 35-year-old Patne, on April 16, 2010, was admitted at Santhosh Hospital located near Coles Park for an elective cesarean. She is said to have died following a fall from the operation table or stretcher. Her husband Parikshit Dalal filed a complaint in Pulakeshinagar police station against the doctors involved in treating her on the day of her death. He had alleged that the doctors were trying to cover-up the death instead of attempting to save the unborn child.<br /><br />The doctors, in their petition, contended that as there was no mens rea (intentional wrongdoing), they must be tried on civil grounds and not on criminal grounds.<br /><br />Dr Rao had informed Kapali's husband Parikshit that his wife had to be shifted to ICU due to an anaphylactic attack after administering anaesthesia. However, the post-mortem report said that Kapali had suffered a fracture on her sacroiliac joint (hip joint) following which a blood clot was formed. <br /><br />It is said, Dr Saklecha, who conducted the ultrasound scan on Kapali, had manipulated the timing of the reports and the hospital had conveniently deleted the scan report from the machine.<br /><br />The judge in the order said, “It was indeed perplexing that the hospital record does not indicate to how the patient had suffered such an injury from the time she was admitted to the hospital and till the time of her death.” The judge said that the scan timings and reports have been manipulated through the 'figment of imagination' of the doctor. The changes in the hospital case sheets create 'curiosity'. The judge vacated the stay granted on framing of charges against the doctors in the lower court and dismissed their petitions.<br /> </p>
