NCDRC directs doctor, hospital to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation
Holding a Jaipur based Orthopaedic Surgeon negligent for performing plastic surgery on a patient suffering from a burn injury, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently directed the doctor and the hospital to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to the patient.
Due to electric burns, gangrene formed in the body of the patient and his left hand below elbow, along with right trans-metatarsal and left symes had to be amputated.
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