(UNI) The district consumer protection forum of Kanpur city ordered Dr R C Gupta, a child specialist, to pay a sum of Rs two lakhs to minor complainant over dereliction of duty.
The complainant naming Prince, son of Santosh Kumar and resident of Bidhuna town in Aurraiya district, had filed complaint before the forum and sought Rs 19 lakhs as damages caused by the wrong treatment of the medico.
In the complaint, it was alleged that doctor gave him wrong treatment initially and when the boy’s condition become critical he advised him to admit at a nursing home.
After medical examination, doctors diagnosed that he was suffering from meningitis and brain TB. Due to wrong treatment he lost his eye sight and became handicap.
The doctor appeared in the forum and stated that patient did not follow his instructions properly.
The presiding judges after going through the evidence and arguments ordered the doctor to pay a sum of Rs two lakhs as compensation to the minor within 30 days. UNI
