Hospital vicariously liable for acts of doctor: NCDRC upholds medical negligence, orders Rs. 18 lakh compensation
Upholding the observation that the relationship of Hospital and operating doctor being that of master and servant, for the acts of servant, master is equally liable under vicarious liability, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has endorsed the findings of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Telangana, Hyderabad with respect to negligence on the part of the Hospital. The NCDRC thus directed the Hyderabad based hospital to pay a compensation of Rs 18 lakh to the kin of a deceased patient who underwent bypass surgery at the facility, fell into coma and eventually died due brain hemorrhage.
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