Max hospital terminates services of 2 docs

Taking a strict action against the doctors involved in the alleged negligence where one of the twins who was alive was declared dead by the Max hospital, has terminated the services of the doctors. The decision was taken late at night by the hospital authorities after having an initial discussion with the expert committee group formed by the hospital.

“While the inquiry by the expert group which includes external experts from IMA is still in process, we have decided to terminate the services of the two treating doctors, Dr A P Mehta and Dr Vishal Gupta in the case relating to the twin extreme pre-term babies.

We wish to clarify that this action should not presuppose finding of any lapse by the expert group and should not be construed in any way to be anything other than an expression of our continued commitment to providing quality healthcare,” the hospital said in its statement.

Doctors at the Max hospital in Shalimar Bagh had allegedly declared the infant dead, along with his stillborn twin, and handed over the bodies wrapped in plastic bags to their to their parents. The twins’ father, Ashish Kumar, realised that one of them was alive while he was on …read more