Consumer Court Finds Spine Surgery Unnecessary; Hyderabad Hospital, Spine Surgeon Directed to Pay Rs 50 Lakh Compensation
Holding a private hospital and a spine surgeon guilty of medical negligence while operating on a patient, who became permanently disabled following a spinal surgery, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-2 in Hyderabad has directed them to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation to the patient jointly.
"In the result, the Complaint is allowed in part by directing the Opposite Parties No. 1 and 2 jointly and severally to: 1. Pay an amount of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty lakhs only) towards compensation for causing physical trauma, mental agony and financial loss caused to the Complainant for her entire life and also to her family members. 2. Pay an amount of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand only) towards costs of the Complaint," ordered the Commission.
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