Upholding the orders passed by the District and State Commission, Punjab to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of a patient who eventually died due to multi-organ failure, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has dismissed revision petitions moved by a doctor and Amritsar based hospital observing that the doctor failed to advise KFT or seek opinion of Nephrologist for the Acute renal failure.
Presiding Member of the Commission, Dr S M Kantikar further pronounced the act of ‘Omission’ in duty of care”, and consequently, dismissed the revision petitions filed by the hospital, doctor and the complainant.
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