A district consumer commission in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has directed a private hospital and two doctors to jointly pay ₹5 lakh in compensation after finding medical negligence in a blood transfusion involving an incorrect blood group. The commission also ordered payment of ₹10,000 toward litigation costs, concluding that the inaccurate blood-group determination amounted to a deficiency in medical service. The patient sustained a femur fracture in a road accident in February 2014 and was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

According to her complaint, blood testing identified her group as AB-positive, and three units of AB-positive blood were arranged for transfusion. She maintained that she had informed hospital staff that her blood group was B-positive but was nevertheless given the incompatible blood. The woman alleged that she developed severe discomfort, vomiting, dizziness, and…