LAW FOR ALL

Medical Negligence - Angiography - aorta dissection - sever pain - right leg runs down- no pulse sensation - resulted in another Hospital an anigography and angio palsty - drives the complainant for mental and physical agony and financial loss - state consumer forum allowed the petiton - on appeal National consumer forum dismissed the complainant - Apex court held that There is sufficient material to come to the conclusion that the complainant was found stable after third day of angiography and till the date of discharge on September 8, 1999. The only allegation of the complainant is of abdominal pain during the process of angiography. There is no dispute that she was aged about 55 years and suffering from hypertension when the angiography procedure was conducted on her. It is probable that due to such associated causes the passage of the catheter through aortic space was not smooth. There is no material to infer that Dr. Chawla had undertaken any adventurous step. There is nothing on record which points out that Dr.Chawla used any brutal force to push the catheter. In our opinion, mere completion of the angiography does not rule out aorta dissection during the procedure. We find that the complainant did not had a serious aorta dissection but was having sub-acute aorta dissection and this is the reason that the complainant was subjected to clinical management and, in fact, her condition became stable without any surgical interference. It is nobody’s case that Dr. Chawla is not a competent coronary expert or he lacked adequate knowledge in the field of coronary surgery. He is duly qualified and has good academic credentials. We have not found his conduct to be below the normal standard of a reasonably competent practitioner in his field. We are in agreement with the reasoning and the conclusion arrived at by the National Commission that the complainant has not been able to prove medical negligence on the part of Dr. Chawla. In the result, we do not find any merit in the appeal and it is dismissed without any order as to costs.= CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6284 OF 2014 (@SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL.) NO. 18367 OF 2012) MRS. KANTA … APPELLANT VERSUS TAGORE HEART CARE & RESEARCH CENTRE PVT. LTD.& ANR. …RESPONDENTS = 2014 – July. Part – http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41759