KOLKATA: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked Flemming Hospital to pay Rs 5 lakh to the family of a deceased whose family had lodged complaint against the hospital. The patient had later died in another hospital.
In April this year, the Tangra resident was first taken to GD Hospital for various health issues where she was given primary treatment. She was found Covid-positive. On saying that there was no bed, the family took her to Flemming Hospital.
The family alleged that she had developed thrombosis in hand where doctors had made the intravenous channel. They also complained that she had to be shifted to AMRI as she was not being taken care of properly. By the time she was shifted, her hands had developed gangrene. The patient died later.
“We have told Fleming Hospital to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh within 10 days,” said health commission chairman Ashim Kumar Banerjee.
The health panel also disposed of seven more cases on Friday. Few other hospitals were either asked to refund part of treatment cost or offer discount to the complainants.
