Supreme Court of India

Vinod Jain v. Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 843
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.
Decided 25 February 2019

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Consumer Pr otection Act, 1986: Medical negligence – Claim for compensation – The wife of the claimant-appellant who was suffering fr om various diseases was admitted on 15.10.201 1 in respondent no.1-Hospital and was tr eated by r espondent no.2- Doctor on account of fever and chills and dislodgement of nasal feed tube – Nasal feed tube was r einserted and various tests wer e done which showed infection and her medical tr eatment commenced with intravenous administration of injection – As per the medical reports, the cannula used for tr eatment stopped working and as the patient displayed

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