Max Hospital, doctor ordered to pay Rs 8 lakh compensation for misdiagnosing COVID, improper treatment - Video
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The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), Mohali recently directed Max Super Speciality Hospital and one of its doctors to pay Rs 8 lakh to a man for medical negligence during the treatment of his elderly mother back in 2020.
As per the complainant, the patient and her family had to suffer because of the wrong COVID-positive report given by the hospital. Earlier, the District Commission had directed the hospital and its Head of Microbiology department to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation. However, the State Commission increased the amount of compensation to Rs 8 lakh.
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