Patient dies of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: NCDRC directs KIMS Hospital and doctors to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation
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The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently directed Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) and its doctors to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to the family of the patient, who died frontal hematoma with massive herniation of brain.
After perusing the medical records and medical literature, the Apex consumer court opined that the doctors at KIMS hospital treated the patient only symptomatically and failed to do proper clinical assessment and crucial investigations to find out Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
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