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- Vinay Dalvi

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to pay compensation of ₹15 lakh in a medical negligence case that left a two-and-a-half-year-old child permanently disabled. The court emphasised the importance of human rights and redressal in cases pertaining to institutional negligence.

In 2010, the child, Mohd Shehjan Shaikh, was admitted to the municipal Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Thane. On account of inadequate attention, his left leg below his knee had to be amputated.

After approaching the TMC on several occasions, the child's father, Mohammad Ziyauddin Shaikh, a plumber, was paid an ex-gratia amount of ₹10 lakh in 2014. Finding the amount inadequate for the permanent damage suffered by his son and his continuing medical expenditure, Ziyauddin approached the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC).

On December 2, 2016, MSHRC directed the TMC as well as the dean of the affiliated Rajiv Gandhi Medical College to pay a compensation of ₹15 lakh with 12.50% annual interest. The MSHRC order emphasised the need for better sensitisation of hospital staff to ensure humane treatment of patients and also noted the guilt of the doctors.