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A Doha Criminal Court has acquitted a Jordanian consultant physician and a Sudanese doctor working at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) of charges of causing blindness and paralysis to a Qatari lady, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported. |
The Public Prosecution had earlier referred the case to the court following a complaint submitted by the patient’s brother, alleging that her condition deteriorated because of the negligence of surgeons and doctors in charge.
He claimed that his sister was taken to the hospital after complaining of severe pain in the stomach. The doctors there gave some medicines and sent her home, but the pain returned and she went to the hospital again. She was given some medication and sent home once more, according to the report.
When she started feeling the pain yet again, her brother took her to a private clinic, where some tests and check-ups were conducted. The clinic referred the patient to HGH for an immediate surgery. Doctors there felt she could be given medication until her condition improved and might undergo the surgery if necessary, the daily adds.
Eventually, her condition worsened and she had to undergo a surgery, which was not successful. The forensic medical report could not determine if the outcome was a result of negligence in terms of delaying the surgery or a normal development of her illness, the report further states.
Further, the doctors who were accused in the case denied any wrongdoing or delay in treatment or surgical intervention. Accordingly, the court found them not guilty and acquitted them, it adds.
