Homeopath misrepresents herself as Gynaecologist: Consumer Court slaps Rs 30 Lakh compensation for medical negligence

Published On 2024-03-22 12:13 GMT   |   Update On 2024-03-22 12:13 GMT
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Holding medical negligence, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), Lucknow recently directed a city-based private nursing home and a homeopathy practitioner to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation to a man whose pregnant wife died while giving birth to a child at the facility.

While considering the complaint by the man, the State consumer court noted that the concerned Homeopath had misrepresented herself claiming to be a Gynaecologist and prescribed allopathic medicine.

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