In a medico-legal dispute stemming from a patient’s death after a coronary intervention, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Madhya Pradesh upheld a district consumer court order that cleared a hospital in Bhopal and a cardiologist of medical negligence. The case examined whether adverse outcomes following complex cardiac illness and intervention amounted to a deficiency in medical service. The patient, illness, and treatment timeline The case dates back to June 2003.
The patient, a woman who presented with chest pain, was under the care of a cardiologist. On June 9, 2003, given her symptoms and clinical status, she was advised to undergo coronary angiography and was shifted by ambulance to a hospital in Bhopal. Hospital records showed that on admission, she was critically ill, with a provisional diagnosis of acute extensive anterior wall ST elevation myocardial…
