Chandigarh Consumer Court news: Observing that the loss of a young life filled with “promise and potential” has left an irreplaceable void in a mother’s heart, rendering a once-vibrant home silent, the Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held a private hospital and its doctors guilty of medical negligence in the death of a 19-year-old woman.
The commission awarded Rs 70.40 lakh compensation to the grieving mother, emphasising that no amount can truly compensate for her loss, but monetary relief remains the only practical way through which the legal system acknowledges such irreparable harm.
Presiding member Padma Pandey and member Rajesh K Arya found that the young woman succumbed to dengue shock syndrome due to gross medical negligence and deficiency in service on the part of the treating hospital and doctors.
“The complainant has suffered a void that can never be filled. Her home has been rendered silent, where once there was youthful energy and hope. The psychological trauma of losing a child due to preventable medical lapses compounds their grief with a sense of injustice,” the consumer commission said in its March 11 order.
The commission was hearing the plea of Kavita, the mother of the victim Gurpreet Kaur, who challenged the district consumer disputes redressal commission’s order, finding no deficiency in the services of the hospital and their doctors.