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Higher duty of care expected from ICU staff when patient critical: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

The patient’s husband, however, informed the NCDRC that at the time of discharge, the doctors at the OP-hospital did not disclose that the patient had gangrene due to her hands being tied.

Further, even the Medical Superintendent was reluctant to allow the patient to go to Apollo Hospital as it would expose their wrong treatment and gross negligence. The commission recorded that this was not rebutted by the OP hospital.

Source: Barandbench

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