Death in child delivery : Many blame non-compliance with MCI guidelines
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 20 2019:
Citing uproars seen in the event of death of women during child delivery, many quarters have highlighted the growing need for doctors to comply with the guidelines of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Sources said that non-compliance with MCI guidelines is one major factor for erosion of people's faith in doctors working at Government hospitals particularly JNIMS and RIMS.
It is a matter of grave concern that aggrieved patient parties often target attending doctors and hospital properties when expecting mothers die during or post delivery on the charge that the women die due to laxity on the part of attending doctors and/or the hospital.
Recently, a young woman died at JNIMS during child delivery.
Yet, there is a no guarantee in any part of the world that expecting mothers would not die at all during delivery.
As in many similar cases, family and relatives of the deceased women raised an uproar at JNIMS and vandalised the hospital.
But such vandalism is illegal and punishable, said the sources.
Notably, the Manipur Medicare Service Personnel and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2015 came into effect from February 18, 2016 .
According to this Act, patient parties who raise uproar and vandalise hospital properties because some patients have died are punishable.
At the same time, attending doctors are also punishable if their patients die due to laxity on their part.
The act of vandalism witnessed at JNIMS recently following the death of an expecting mother defied the Manipur Medicare Service Personnel and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2015 .
However, the deceased woman was brought to general ward from labour room's post operative ward saying that she was out of danger.
But the condition of the women grew worse and patient party called doctors.
It was said that no doctors responded to their call for quite some time.
If it was true that no doctor was available at the hospital, it is clear that there was laxity on the part of the attending doctors, said the sources.
JNIMS being a medical college, doctors working at JNIMS should enjoy non-practising allowance as per MCI guidelines.
Doctors working at medical colleges must compulsorily enjoy non-practising allowance and they must stay put at their respective hospitals during working hours.
It is essential for JNIMS doctors to abide by these MCI guidelines.
At the same time, many doctors of RIMS are also unable to abide by the MCI guidelines despite enjoying non-practising allowance, said the sources.