Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Member—The Greek playwright Sophocles writes as, “It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself, and no one else has made it.”

“Don’t Shift Responsibility and Blame” it is the situation frequently come across that, how some people not only refuse to accept responsibility when they’ve made a mistake, but they even shift the blame onto someone else…!! Hippocratic Oath hastens the moral conduct of physicians, assuming the respect for all human life, even the unborn.

Complaint: The Facts:

1. This is the complaint of alleged medical negligence filed by Mr. Anil Dutt and Baby Simi through mother Mrs. Anju Dutt against the Opposite Parties, Vishesh Hospital as OP1, two other radiologists Dr. Kaushalendra Soni as OP2, and Dr. G.S. Saluja as OP3, respectively, working at Vishesh Hospital.

2. The facts that, Mrs. Anju Dutt, the wife of complainant No.1 (herein referred as a “patient”) was pregnant and was under consultation of Dr. Indira Vyas, a Gynaecologist. She advised for ultrasonography (USG) to ensure well-being of child, it was done on 20.01.2009 by Dr. G.S.Saluja, the OP3, and reported it as intrauterine 20 weeks and 6 days gestation