Free services cannot be construed to imply non-accountability: Govt hospital to compensate woman for failed Tubectomy
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New Delhi: Apex consumer commission, NCDRC, has allowed a woman compensation for two failed sterilisation procedures under a free priority programme of the government conducted in 1994 and 1998. Though the commission did not record it as a case of medical negligence, it observed that defence of 'free services' cannot be construed to imply non-accountability.
Baljinder Kaur, who hails from Ludiana, Punjab had undergone the procedure of tubectomy twice in a government hospital. The first unsuccessful attempt led to an abortion whereas the second failed procedure resulted in her getting pregnant again.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), while noting that the litigation has taken over one and a half decades, directed the Civil Hospital, where Kaur had undergone the two surgeries, to compensate her as per the existing government guidelines regarding such failed procedures.
The compensation limit provided by government in cases of failed tubectomy operation is Rs 30,000.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), while noting that the litigation has taken over one and a half decades, directed the Civil Hospital, where Kaur had undergone the two surgeries, to compensate her as per the existing government guidelines regarding such failed procedures.
The compensation limit provided by government in cases of failed tubectomy operation is Rs 30,000.
The commission also directed the hospital to give compensation individually for each of the two failed tubectomies with an interest of 10 per cent on the amount from the respective dates of failure in 1994 and 1998.
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