Doctor Ordered To Pay Rs 4 Lakh Compensation For Inflicting Nerve Damage
NDTV
The consumer court noted that the "root cause" of all problems was the doctor's negligence in pricking an injection needle at the wrong site and thereby inflicting damage to the nerve.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed a doctor to pay a compensation of Rs 4 lakh with interest to a woman who allegedly suffered from nerve damage due to medical negligence 21 years ago.
NCDRC president RK Agrawal and members SM Kantikar and Binoy Kumar passed the directions on a revision petition filed by the doctor against the 2014 order of Tamil Nadu Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directing him to pay Rs 4 lakh for medical negligence.
"The petitioner failed in his duty of care. Based on the medical literature, negligence is determined against the Petitioner. It is pertinent to note that we are now at the end of 2021, to meet the ends of justice, we deem it appropriate to direct the Petitioner to pay Rs four lakh with interest at six per cent per annum from 2014," the consumer commission held.
The NCDRC noted that the "root cause" of all the problems was the doctor's negligence in pricking the injection needle at the wrong site and thereby inflicting damage to the nerve.
