DMC recommends closing down of hospital, clinic

The Medical Council action comes after MiD DAY reported how two kids had died due to medical negligence

DMC recommends closing down of hospital, clinic

The Medical Council action comes after MiD DAY reported how two kids had died due to medical negligence

The Delhi Medical Council (DMC) on Thursday asked the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) to close down a hospital and a clinic and take legal action against them after they were found to have caused deaths due to medical negligence.

The DMC recommendation came after Mid DAY had reported how doctors at these two establishments had administered injections to two children leading to their deaths. On April 7, an infant had die after he was administered an injection by a doctor of Bharatiya Clinic at Daya Basti. On April 15, a five-year-old died after he was allegedly administered a wrong injection by doctor at Sharma Hospital and Maternity Centre in Rajeev Nagar.

The DMC then called the concerned doctors to look into these cases of negligence. "We called the doctors to check their degrees and found that none of them had a recognised degree. The Sharma Hospital and Maternity Clinic was not even registered with DHS and the doctor was practicing Allopathy without holding requisite medical qualification," said Dr Girish Tyagi, Secretary, DMC.

The council then asked DHS to close down both Sharma Hospital and Bharatiya Clinic with immediate effect and take legal action against them. "These kinds of practitioners should not be allowed to continue their practice. Two kids have lost their lives, it is a criminal offence. Sadly, as the victims belonged to poor families, no one has taken them seriously and did not even listen to their complaints. But we will not allow any such quacks to wander around the city," said Dr Anil Bansal, Chairman, Anti- Quackery Cell, DMC.

"I am really happy that they will punish the doctor who gave wrong medicine to our son. We just want the culprit to be punished," said Mahinder Kumar Saroj, father of two-year-old Anuj, who had died after being administered an injection at Bharatiya Clinic. Mahinder had then lodged a complaint against the clinic with DMC.