INR 93 lakh compensation for “blatant untruth professed brazenly”!
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February - 2024, Posted On: 01 February 2024
A pregnant lady was in regular prenatal consultations with three doctors at the hospital – the gynaecologist, anaesthetist and the hospital director who was also a doctor.
At full term, she visited the hospital during which the gynaecologist opined that foetus was not showing any movement. An emergency C-section was performed, after which the patient suffered hypoxia ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) – she slipped into coma.