Rs 50 Lakh Compensation for Medical Negligence Awarded
The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered JP Hospital, Zirakpur, to pay a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to Manisha Dehran, registered with Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Association , for reducing her to a vegetative state owing to medical negligence during childbirth in 2014. The lawyer “doesn't recognise anybody. She can only sit, cann't walk & responds to a few basic commands”. Manisha, her husband & 2 young daughters had filed a complaint against the hospital, its employee Gagandeep Kaushal & Dr Rajni Parihar, a private practitioner. All 3 have been told to pay compensation to the patient within 45 days. President of the commission Paramjeet Singh Dhaliwal & member Raj Kumar Goyal ordered the compensation for “mental agony, harassment, avoidable pain & disability.” The compensation is to be paid in lump sum at an interest of 9 per cent from the...