Supreme Court of India

Nand Kishore Prasad v. Dr. Mohib Hamidi & Others

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Reported as [2019] 7 S.C.R. 1076
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 10 May 2019

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What the Court ordered

Held as under:- 4 2019 SCC OnLine SC 197 5 (2010) 3 SCC 480 6 (2015) 9 SCC 388 1083 “.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Medical Negligence – Vicarious liability of the Hospital vis-a-vis the Operating Surgeon – Appellant’s son-patient complained of abdominal pai n, fever and haemorrhage in both eyes – Referred by the physicia n to the Hospital-original Opposite Party No.1 – He was taken t o the said Hospital where he was operated upon when the platelets count w as 35000 per cubic millimeter (cu.mm) – Since the patient was ble eding, the relatives of the patient took discharge from the Hospi tal and on the same date admitted him to another Hospital wher e he died– SCDRC held that

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