Failure to Detect Hip Fracture: Ruby Hall Clinic, Orthopaedic Surgeon ordered to Pay Rs 1.2 Lakh Compensation
Mumbai: Holding Pune-based Ruby Hall Clinic, run by Grant Medical Foundation, and an orthopaedic surgeon guilty of medical negligence for their failure to detect a hip fracture in time, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), Maharashtra, recently directed them to pay Rs 85,000 as compensation to the patient, along with 6 percent annual interest.
Apart from this, the State Consumer Court has also directed the treating doctor and hospital to pay Rs 25,000 for mental and physical harassment suffered by the appellant, and Rs 10,000 towards the cost of the legal proceedings. In its order, the State Commission observed that the doctor and the hospital were negligent in not detecting the hip fracture at the appropriate time.
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Maharashtra SCDRC Orders Ruby Hall Clinic to Pay Rs 1.2 Lakh for Missing Hip Fracture
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