Surgery Patient Overcharged: Consumer Court Holds Max Hospital Guilty of unfair trade practice
Chandigarh: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-I, Chandigarh, recently directed the Max Hospital to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to a patient for charging him an excess amount of Rs 90,000 for the treatment of oncology and consequent robotics surgery.
Apart from the compensation, the Commission also asked the hospital to pay Rs 10,000 as litigation cost to the complainant and refund the excess amount i.e. Rs 90,000.
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Surgery Patient Overcharged- Consumer Court Holds Max Hospital Guilty of unfair trade practice
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