Krishan Lal Kumar vs Medical Council Of India & Ors on 31 August, 2023
21. Though we can wind up our discourse forthwith, since reference
is invited by the learned counsel for the appellant to the decision in the
case in Arun Kumar Manglik v. Chirayu Health and Medical Private
LPA 487/2019 Page 17 of 24
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Limited (supra), we feel it to be our duty to dwell upon it for more
clarity on the matters in issue. It was a case where the spouse of the
petitioner was diagnosed with dengue fever and was placed on regime
of administering intravenous fluids. She had a prior medical history of
high morbidity, which included ‗catheter ablation' and paroxysmal
supra ventricular tachycardia‖ suggestive of cardiac complication and
fell in the group of patient that required in-hospital management. In
short, the Hospital authorities were found to be lacking in constantly
monitoring the condition of the patient so much that the patient had
been left unattended for long intervals, and since the hospital staff
failed to monitor the blood pressure, she went into dengue shock
syndrome and eventually died. The Supreme Court upheld the
decision by the NCDRF that had set aside the decision of the
MPSCRF11 and awarded compensation.