Mumbai Court February 1999 Judgments

Mr. Sakil Mohammed Vakil Khan Vs. Dr. Miss PerIn Irani and Others

Court: Mumbai

Reported in: 1999(4)BomCR65

ORDERSmt. Rajyalakshmi Rao, Member1. The complainant Mr. Sakil Mohammed Vakil Khan filed this complaint on behalf of his wife Mrs. SalmaKhan for negligence against Dr. Perin Irani-anaesthetist, O.P. No. 1- Dr.C.K. Dave-Anesthetist O.P. No. 2 and Parsi Lying-in Hospital O.P. No. 3 asshe has became a vegetable/brain dead in their custody.On 4th December, 1994 at 11.00 p.m., Mrs. Salma Shakil Khan, the patient, in labour was admitted into the opposite party No. 3's hospital with a complaint of possibility of absence of foetal movements. Opposite party No. 1 examined the patient and found her general condition good with readings of pulse as 84/Min., B.P. 130/90, uterus full term with vertex floating and foetal heart sounds were heard with Doppler as 140/Min. The patient was given I.V. fluids with necessary medication and her progress was watched by opposite party No. 1 every hour.2. On 5-12-94, at 6.00 a.m., O.P. No. 1 informed Dr. Bhagat, the regular Anaesthetist to be available in case a...