The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) has issued a show cause notice to the Medical Superintendent of Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi for medical negligence leading to death of a patient.
Following the Delhi High Court order of July 13, 2023, the GNCTD took action on a report of the committee appointed by the High Court, which highlighted various shortcomings amounting to medical negligence by the doctors treating the brother of the petitioner.
It forwarded the report to the Director General, Health Services (DGHS) with the request to examine the matter and submit a compliance report.
The Medical Superintendent (Nursing Home), DGHS forwarded the report to the Registrar, Delhi Medical Council, seeking fresh inquiry in the matter.
On July 13, the High Court of Delhi had disposed of a petition, which sought contempt proceedings against the respondents for wilful disobedience of the January 13, 2021 verdict of the High Court in case Bhushan Kumar Singhal vs Health and Family Department, GNCTD & Anr.
The Single-Judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh had directed the committee constituted by Dr. Anita Saxena to issue notice to the petitioner, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital and Dr. B.B. Channa in case of medical negligence.
Dr Saxena was further directed to submit a reasoned enquiry report to the GNCTD for appropriate action and also give a copy of the said report to the petitioner.
The High Court had further directed Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Deputy Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department in the Government of NCT of Delhi, to take action on the committee report within four weeks.
The Counsel for the petitioner was Kaarya Law, represented by Advocates Shreesh Chadha and Divjot Singh Bhatia.