CHANDIGARH\AMBALA: The
Haryana police on Sunday filed a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the paediatrician, under whose supervision Adya, seven-year-old girl who died of dengue, was treated at the
Fortis Hospital
in Gurgaon.
The case has been registered against Dr
Vikas Verma, senior consultant, department of paediatrics, Fortis Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Gurgaon, at the city's
Sushant Lok
police station.
The case was registered on Sunday under Section 304 (II) of the Indian Penal Code.
The case has been registered on the complaint of Gurgaon civil surgeon B K Rajora on the basis of an inquiry report submitted by the three-member committee headed by additional director-general of health services, Haryana last week.
An official spokesperson of the Haryana police said the state civil surgeon has attached a copy of legal opinion of the state home department which indicted lapses on the part of the doctor in treatment of the girl in the violation of Leave against Medical Advice (LAMA) protocol to be followed by the doctor.
Gurgaon commissioner of police
Sandeep Khirwar
said investigations in the case have started. Haryana's health minister
Anil Vij
tweeted that a case has been registered under Section 304 (II) of the IPC in FIR number 639.
Hospital booked for negligenceIn Ambala, Vij confirmed the Haryana health department had registered an FIR in the case. “The death was caused due to sheer medical negligence,” he said.
The hospital is accused of medical negligence that caused the death of a sevenyear-old girl suffering from dengue and for overcharging her family in September. The hospital has also been accused of overcharging Adya’s family as the final bill came to about Rs 16 lakh for 15-day treatment. The matter had come to light in mid-November after a family friend posted images of the itemised bills on the social media.
The 20-page bill included charges for 660 syringes and 2,700 gloves, and triggered outrage.
Vij had earlier written to the Haryana Urban Development Authority seeking the cancellation of the land lease of the hospital in Gurgaon. Adya’s father Jayant Singh had on Friday evening filed an 11-page complaint with the Gurgaon police, alleging his daughter had died because of “negligence” of the doctors and alleged the hospital had tried to “destroy evidence.”
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