NCDRC exonerates 2 Apollo Hospital doctors from medical negligence charges
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The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently exonerated two doctors of Apollo Hospital, Kolkata from charges of medical negligence while attending a patient who was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for metastatic ovarian cancer and died inside ICU.
Although the husband of the deceased patient had demanded a token compensation of Rs 1 against the alleged negligence and technical lapses on the part of the doctors, the top consumer court relied on the opinions expressed by WBMC, the expert Medical Board and the Supreme Court order and exonerated the doctors.
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