It was alleged by the mother that nobody attended to her son, Prasanta Das despite the fact that he was seriously unwell.

A unique case of medical negligence on suo motu cognizance by the Tripura High Court on the basis of news paper reporting. Main question before the court was whether there was negligence in treating Prasanta Das?

The emergency Doctors have done their job well but the Doctors in the MMW particularly Dr.Prasun Bhattacherjee and Dr. Raja Jamatia have not taken due care as should have been taken in the given circumstances of the case. They have also not put any call to senior Doctor. Even if one presume they may have felt sufficient to handle the case, the way they attended to the case or not attended leaves no doubt about their gross negligence. It is established that no Doctor attended the patient on the fateful night of 22nd July, 2013 after 11.45 PM till just before his death though it was recorded in the bed head ticket that the patient was suffering from breathing problem and wheezing, etc. for which oxygen S.O.S was indicated. Hence, the Committee found them grossly negligent.

Similarly Inquiry Committee found Nursing staff grossly negligent in not following their duty and disciplinary authority imposed heavy penalty.

Tripura High Court constituted a committee to inquire into matter and based upon the findings of committee court awarded a compensation of Rs.5 Lakhs in this Public Interest Litigation.