One person was suffering from kidney disease and the doctor at prestigious tertiary care super specialty hospital of New Delhi prescribed methionine for this but pharmacist could not read it very well and gave analgesic Ketorolac resulting in Death of patient. Therefore her wife from Maharashtra filed a consumer court case in Delhi state against the hospital as negligence of service.
But Delhi state commission didn't consider this case in consumer court as here excess money is not charged but the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed the Delhi State Commission to reconsider a case of alleged medical negligence by the hospital that led to the death of a patient. The direction came while the apex consumer forum was hearing a revision plea moved by the complainant against the order of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.“We do not agree with the…
