The Delhi High Court has refused to set aside the 180-day suspension handed to a Delhi government hospital doctor found guilty of treating patients, admitted to the ICU, in an inebriated condition.

Justice Vibhu Bakhru also declined to “exonerate” him from allegations of attending to the patient, who died on May 31, 2015, under the influence of alcohol. “The petitioner (doctor) has premised his case entirely on the FSL report regarding his blood sample, which indicates that no alcohol was found in the sample… There is overwhelming material to indicate medical negligence on part of the petitioner,” the court said.

The court was hearing the doctor’s plea against the Delhi Medical Council’s November 1 decision to remove his name from the Delhi Medical Register for 180 days, after it found him guilty of medical negligence.

The doctor, who was working as a senior resident in the Department of Medicine at Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, has also appealed before the central government and sought interim stay on operation of the DMC order.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-no-hc-relief-for-doctor-suspended-for-treating-patient-while-drunk-5516233/