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Supreme Court orders Ghaziabad hospitals to pay Rs 12 lakh
The Supreme Court on Friday directed two Ghaziabad hospitals to pay a total of Rs 12 lakh to the father of a four-year-old rape victim who died after allegedly being denied treatment.…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on Friday directed two Ghaziabad hospitals to pay a total of Rs 12 lakh to the father of a four-year-old rape victim who died after allegedly being denied treatment. St Joseph Hospital must pay Rs 10 lakh and Khajan Singh Mannvi Health Care Rs 2 lakh within four weeks, the court said.
The order followed an apex court-appointed SIT report stating that the bleeding child remained alive for nearly five hours and that the hospitals denied her medical care. The court also said it would frame guidelines for hospitals and law enforcement agencies handling victims of grave offences. It had earlier criticised Ghaziabad Police over its alleged reluctance to register an FIR and investigate the case.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that compensation alone settles institutional failure. It does not. The SIT account points to a child who remained alive for nearly five hours, while the family allegedly faced refusal at two private hospitals and an initially reluctant police response. The guidelines will matter if they set clear duties, response times and accountability for hospitals and officers. The test is whether the final directions prevent another emergency patient from being turned away.
Sources (2): telanganatoday.com, hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
