WB: Patient turned away, dies; hospital fined Rs 20L

The state health commission has asked a women and child care hospital to pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the family of a young, expecting doctor whose husband had complained that the hospital had refused admission to the 32-year-old old, despite her critical condition. Shardha Buthra, the woman, died in another hospital’s emergency unit.

WB: Patient turned away, dies; hospital fined Rs 20L
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The state health commission has asked a women and child care hospital to pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the family of a young, expecting doctor whose husband had complained that the hospital had refused admission to the 32-year-old old, despite her critical condition. Shardha Buthra, the woman, died in another hospital’s emergency unit.