More medical records under scanner

Chennai | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

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Criminal action or complaints to state medical council will be made after that, he said.Government doctors’ associations, meanwhile, have rallied behind erring doctors. If the enquiry committee finds them guilty disciplinary action including dismissal may be taken against them,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe. CHENNAI: The state health department will pull out medical records of all patients who have undergone blood transfusion in the last one year in Dharampuri, Krishnagiri and Hosur government hospitals to check for adverse reactions and complications, including death, said director of medical services Dr N Rukmini. “Quick and mandatory maternal death audits allowed the government to identify causes of deaths in some cases. “Such criminal action is a retrograde step and will make all medical officers in charge to resort to defensive actions,” they said..