Child death due to alleged wrong treatment: Kolkata's Apollo Gleneagles hospital fined Rs. 30 lakh
The commission has directed Apollo authority to pay the money to the child's parents in maximum three installments.
"If the hospital make delay in paying the money, they have to pay an additional interest of 9% per month," an official of the health commission told IBNS.
"We have suggested the Medical Council of India (MCI) to take strict action against three doctors of the hospital, who treated the child," he added.
Months ago, a four-month-old girl from southern Kolkata, Kuheli Chakraborty, passed away after days long treatment at Apollo Gleneagles and alleging that she died due to wrong treatment, her parents submitted complaint against the hospital and its three doctors before the state health commission.
Reacting on the health commission's decision, Apollo Gleneagles' CEO Rana Dasgupta told IBNS, "We are not satisfied with the order and are not agreeing with it as doctors would get wrong message from the order and they would not take medical challenges in future."
"We will appeal against the order to the higher authority," Dasgupta added.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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