Consumer court holds Max Hospital Saket surgeons guilty for leaving cotton during brain surgery, directs Rs 5 lakh compensation
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Overview
Holding the Max Super Specialty Hospital and its Surgeons guilty of medical negligence for leaving a foreign material at the site after brain surgery, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-II, New Delhi has directed them to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the family of the complainant, who had died after filing the complaint.
Such a decision was taken by the Commission after taking note of the entire medical reports including MRI and histopathology report of AIIMS, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, and the report given by the expert board of Safdarjung Hospital that was constituted by the Commission itself.
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