New Delhi: In a remarkable development that may have far-reaching impact on the pitiful status of treatment of critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) and critical care units (CCUs) in private and government hospitals and nursing homes across India, the Supreme Court has sought the response of the Medical Council of India on guidelines to prevent medical negligence.
Enlarging the scope of an appeal, a Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Uday Lalit also issued notice seeking the response of the Union health secretary and health secretaries of all the states.
Mr Asit Mondal, a retired man from a lower middle-class family alleged that his daughter-in-law, Mrs Sunanda Mondal, died following a caesarean delivery due to gross medical negligence by Dr Rita Sinha at her Wellcare Nursing Home in Kalyani, West Bengal.
