A Delhi consumer court has upheld a compensation award against a surgeon and a private hospital in a medical negligence dispute involving kidney stone treatment. The case centered on whether a large kidney stone detected months after surgery represented a recurrence or evidence that the original stone had not been successfully removed. After reviewing expert medical opinions and treatment records, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission affirmed the earlier ruling in favor of the patient.
The case dates back to 2016, when a patient was diagnosed with a right-sided ureteric calculus and was initially advised to undergo ureter lithotomy surgery at a government hospital in Delhi. Due to the lack of treatment facilities there, he approached a private hospital for management. On July 11, 2016, the treating surgeon performed a procedure and inserted an RT DJ stent, reportedly…
