Hospital ordered to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation for faulty discharge summary: Doctors exonerated
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently directed Noida-based Kailash Hospital and Heart Institute to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to a man, whose mother attained a vegetative state after undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Although the Commission exonerated the doctors holding that there was no medical negligence on their part, it noted that the discharge summary issued by the Hospital recorded that Extrapontine Myelinosys (EPM) in the patient as the cause of death, but could not explain the reason for the same.
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