The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has served a show cause notice on Bombay Hospital doctor who is accused by a family from Bhandup of not performing one of the three surgeries as agreed with them.

“We sent a show cause notice to Dr MM Begani, a general surgeon, on Thursday and sought his explanation against the complaint filed by Anil Lahoti. We have also asked him to submit all medical documents - test reports, surgery notes etc. - within 15 days,” said Dr Vinky Rughwani, administrator of MMC.

HT on February 28 reported that Lahoti approached MMC against Dr Begani, accusing him of fraud, cheating, and medical negligence. The couple first met him on January 29 and agreed to get Lahoti’s wife operated on for three surgeries — gallbladder removal, hernia, and repair of diastasis recti, a separation in the abdomen that occurs when the tissue between the rectus abdominis muscles stretches or tears at the central vertical line. Lahoti claimed that though they were under the impression that she underwent all three surgeries Dr Begani confessed to them 12 days later that he had not performed the surgery to repair the diastasis recti.

While Bombay Hospital is conducting an internal inquiry against Dr Begani, the Lahotis on March 4 also filed a police complaint against the hospital and the doctor.

“My wife is still in trauma. The doctor cheated us by not informing us about not performing the third surgery. He and his assistants in Bombay Hospital acted deceitfully and mentioned three surgeries in hospital notes and summaries,” Lahoti said.

Refusing to comment on Lahoti’s allegations, Dr Begani said he has not received any show cause notice from MMC.

Lahoti’s complaint is one of the 692 pending cases MMC plans to hear in the coming days. Dr Rughwani, who took over as MMC administrator two weeks ago, said they are fast-tracking hearing on the complaints.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/show-cause-notice-sent-to-bombay-hospital-doctor-who-failed-to-perform-one-of-three-surgeries-101709839297451.html