Modifying the order of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Chandigarh has ordered Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, and one of its doctors to pay Rs 8 lakh to a city resident for medical negligence during the treatment of his 91-year-old mother in 2020.
Akhilesh Kumar Sinha (now deceased), in his complaint, stated that on May 9, 2020, his mother Kapuro Sinha (then 91-year-old) had a fall on the lawn of their house while strolling and she could not stand up on her own. On May 22, 2020, an X-ray report ascertained she had suffered a femur fracture in her right leg.
According to Sinha, on May 23, 2020, he approached Max Hospital India Limited (treating hospital), and after going through the X-ray report, the doctor opined that surgery was required and a rough estimate of Rs 3,24,000 was given to him. Following this, his mother was brought to the hospital in an ambulance and admitted there on May 26, 2020, he said.