A court in Karachi has ordered a private hospital to pay a heavy fine of Rs20 million after a woman died due to alleged medical negligence.
The court ordered the private hospital to pay a heavy fine. The ruling came after it found serious lapses in treatment. It noted that the hospital failed to provide proper intensive care facilities during a C-section, which it termed clear negligence.
Private hospital to pay heavy fine
The judge further observed that the private hospital to pay heavy fine decision was justified because the staff did not control excessive bleeding on time.
The court called this failure professional misconduct and said standard medical procedures were ignored.
According to petitioner Afzal Khan, the woman was admitted for childbirth but did not receive a timely blood transfusion or proper care. This negligence led the court to rule that the private hospital pay a heavy fine for its actions.
Negligence death case
Doctors later shifted the patient to another facility in critical condition, where she died. The court also highlighted that the hospital lacked basic emergency and ventilator facilities, strengthening the case for the private hospital to pay a heavy fine.
The petitioner also told the court that the attending gynaecologist left right after surgery and returned hours later, by which time the patient’s condition had worsened. After reviewing all the evidence, the court reinforced its decision, directing the private hospital to pay a heavy fine to the victim’s family as compensation.
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