Fortis negligence: Youth’s left leg operated instead of right

Ravi Rai, a CA student, fell from the stairs on Sunday, following which he was taken to the Fortis hospital in Shalimar Bagh. 

“After the doctors analysed the condition of our son, they suggested surgery on the injured right leg. We agreed to it as it was important according to them. However, we were shocked to know that instead of performing surgery on the injured leg they operated on the other leg,” the patient’s father, Ram Karan Rai, told Millennium Post. 

He further informed that the hospital had charged Rs 1.48 lakh for the treatment but waived off the bill after the negligence was reported to the management. “I got my son discharged and admitted him Max Shalimar Bagh hospital for further treatment. 

His life is destroyed and now both his legs are in danger,” he added. The entire issue came to light after the patient, a resident of Ashok Vihar, told the doctors after the surgery that they had operated on the wrong leg, to which the doctors didn’t respond. 

The patient later complained to his parents, who took up the issue with the hospital authorities.

According to the family, the doctors during the surgery also inserted two rods in his left leg, instead of the injured right leg.