The Delhi state consumer commission had directed the Max Hospital in Pitampura in New Delhi to pay Rs 30 lakh to a 10-year-old boy and his parents for negligence at the time of delivery, leading to permanent abnormality in the child’s left arm. The commission awarded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to Sonepat-based Ritesh Kumar Garg, Aarti Garg and their son Kush Garg for the suffering, mental pain and agony caused to them. “The negligence on the part of the hospital is writ large of the face and is established...,” the commission held. The parents had approached the commission alleging medical negligence on the part of the hospital at the time of delivery, damaging the neuro motor functioning of the child’s left arm. The hospital, however, claimed that the allegations of negligence and deficiency of service were false and baseless.

Source: Hindustan Times February 06, 2018 16:18 UTC