Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed a hospital and its doctor to pay a lump sum of Rs 10 Lakh as compensation to a patient for failing in operation and providing post-operative care to the her. The patient was suffering a cut in her intestine during an operation for ectopic pregnancy.
The judgement dated that the treating doctor should have opted for CT scan to understand the reason for suffering by the patient. It held the hospital and the gynaecologist guilty of deficiency in service and medical negligence.
Thus, the commission directed the treating doctor and the hospital:
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