Consumer Court slaps Rs 20 Lakh compensation on Private doctor over Death of Govt doctor's father
Compensation
Thiruvarur: Holding a private medical practitioner liable for deficiency in service, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Thiruvarur, has directed him to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to a government doctor for the death of his father following delayed treatment for jaundice.
The Forum found the doctor guilty of "deficiency in service" after reviewing expert medical opinions and the sequence of events leading up to the patient’s death in August 2022.
The history of the case goes back to 2022. As per an official release, the government doctor's father was 67 years old and he underwent spinal cord surgery as part of the treatment for tuberculosis in July 2022.
However, a few weeks after the surgery, the patient's health deteriorated and his son sent his blood samples to a private laboratory in Thiruvarur on August 8, 2022.
Since the results indicated that the patient had jaundice, he was admitted to a private hospital on the banks of Kamalalayam Tank in Thiruvarur on August 9, 2022, at around 9.30 a.m.
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