GUWAHATI: A medical officer of the Ambari Urban Health Centre was found guilty of medical negligence by the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday, September 25.
Based on a report by the Times of India, due to the officer’s negligence, a female patient said died and the officer has thus been asked to pay a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the deceased’s family.
The deceased was identified as Pinky Das and her husband, Kamal had filed a complaint with AHRC in October 17 alleging that his wife had died after the medical officer, Ghanashyam Thakuria, wrongly administered injections and saline to her.
Following the complaint, an inquiry report was called by the human rights commission from the director of health and family welfare where the commission found the medical officer guilty for the death of Pinky Das.
The AHRC then recommended the compensation amount to be paid by Thakuria within two months from the date of receipt of this order.
The commission added that since Thakuria is a government employee, the state government can also make the payment on behalf of Thakuria and it may be recovered from his salary by installment or otherwise.
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