The district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed a Spiral CT & MRI Centre in Sector 44 of Chandigarh to pay Rs 2 lakh as compensation and 15,000 as litigation cost to sanjay verma (Name changed), a bank manager and a resident of Sector 22, for wrongly diagnosing with lung cancer instead of tuberculosis (TB). Verma, in his complaint, said he was suffering from a persistent cough for more than 15 days in 2014. He visited Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 and doctors there suggested a CT scan of his chest. The reports pointed out abnormal growth, lymph nodes, in the lung region and hence he was advised to get a bronchoscopy test.
On December 18, 2014, a report from the lab of GMCH, diagnosed as adenocarcinoma lung, that is cancer of the lung, and he was further referred to oncology department. Spiral CT & MRI Centre conducted a PET scan test too. The report…
