Col. P.K. Vasudeva, Member—Mrs. Kiranjeet, aged 25, w/o Shri Harjeet Bains was admitted in the General Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh at 11.25 a.m. on 13.2.1995 for delivery of the second child. She remained indoor patient for several days. The child was delivered at 3.50 a.m. on 17.2.1995 but died at 4.00 a.m. in the Hospital. She has instituted this complaint claiming a sum of Rs. 10.00 lakhs alleging deficiency on the part of the respondents.

2. Briefly the facts are that Mrs. Kiranjeet had a daughter by caesarean earlier. She was admitted to the aforesaid hospital when she was expecting the second child. Soon after her admission at 11.25 a.m. on 13.2.1995 she was administered ½ unit of Pitocin. Similar dose was repeated at 2.50 p.m. to invite pain for normal delivery. A perusal of the record shows that Pitocin was repeated at 9.00 a.m. on 14.2.1995 and it was again administered at 8.35 p.m. the same day. It is a medicine used for priming of the uterus and the doctors are required to be careful about foetus position of the patient. The plea of the complainant had been that there had been Utrine Contraction every 5 minutes which is recorded on the file but no doctor visited