Chennai ESI Hospital fined Rs 10 lakh for patient’s vision loss after cataract surgery
Written By : Anshika Mishra
Published On 2025-10-31 12:45 GMT | Update On 2025-10-31 12:45 GMT
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Finding the Ayanavaram-based ESI Hospital guilty of medical negligence while treating a patient with blurred vision in the right eye, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), North Chennai, directed it to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the patient.
After the alleged botched cataract surgery, the patient, a security guard by profession, lost vision in his right eye. In its October 23 order, the district consumer court directed the hospital to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation and Rs 10,000 as legal costs.
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