ByHT Correspodent, Meerut:
Apr 06, 2025 10:18 PM IST
Bijnor court docket sentences three medical doctors to 5 years in jail for medical negligence resulting in a pregnant lady’s demise, imposing fines of ₹60,500 every.
August 2023 case:
Bijnor court docket sentences 3 docs to five years in jail for demise of pregnant lady
HT Correspondent
A Bijnor district court docket has sentenced three medical doctors, together with a feminine doctor, to 5 years of imprisonment for the demise of a pregnant lady brought on by medical negligence. The trio has additionally been slapped a high quality of ₹60,500 every. The case was reported on August 25, 2023.
As per the FIR registered in August 2023, Omwati, a resident of Ladoopura, was admitted to the Anmol Well being Care Centre in Chandpur space after she skilled labour pains. Husband Yashveer instructed the police that his spouse underwent a surgical process and gave beginning to a child lady. Nonetheless, Omwati’s situation deteriorated because of extreme bleeding post-surgery.
In accordance with the prosecution officer, Mukesh Chauhan, as a substitute of offering emergency care, the medical doctors in query fled the operation theatre, leaving the affected person unattended. Omwati later succumbed to the issues, which, the court docket dominated, was a direct results of the medical doctors’ negligence.
“During the trial, the prosecution presented eight witnesses. However, in a surprising turn of events, the victim’s husband turned hostile and gave a false testimony, allegedly in collusion with the accused. The court declared him a hostile witness but went ahead with the proceedings based on other witness accounts,” the prosecution officer mentioned.
Dr Pinky Chandrawal, a resident of Mormakdoompur Shivalakalan space; Dr Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Chandpur; and Dr Harish Kumar, a resident of Pattiya Para, have been discovered responsible below varied sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Medical Council Act, the officer mentioned, including, “The court of additional district judge Prakash Chandra Shukla sentenced each of the three convicted doctors to five years in jail on Saturday. The court also imposed a fine of ₹60,500 each on them.”
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