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GP Fined £128K for Failing to See Flesh-Eating Disease Patient
5 Feb
Summary
- Doctor Mittal faces a £128,000 bill for medical negligence.
- Patient Oriana McDonald suffered necrotising fasciitis.
- The GP failed to arrange a same-day face-to-face consultation.
A general practitioner, Dr. Nupur Mittal, has been ordered to pay a substantial £128,000 medical negligence bill. This stems from her failure to arrange a same-day, face-to-face consultation for patient Oriana McDonald in July 2018. Ms. McDonald, who was feeling systematically unwell, had called the surgery reporting concerning symptoms.
Despite the patient's worsening condition and call three days later, Dr. Mittal prescribed antibiotics remotely and did not advise an emergency room visit. Ms. McDonald was subsequently admitted to the hospital, diagnosed with sepsis and a possible necrotising fasciitis infection, leading to emergency surgery and extensive scarring.
Dr. Mittal, who had moved to India, did not defend the original lawsuit. A court in Reading confirmed the debt, which is now secured against her home in Berkshire. The clinic where Dr. Mittal currently works in India states it is in the appeals court.
