Orthopedic Surgeon directed to pay compensation to patient for medical negligence
The Urbal II Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bengaluru recently directed an Orthopaedic Surgeon to pay around Rs 4 lakh compensation to a patient for medical negligence while conducting Total Knee Replacement Surgery.
After the surgery, the patient had to suffer unbearable pain and had to seek treatment at another hospital. The Consumer Court held the doctor liable after noting that the Karnataka Medical Council (KMC) opined that “good quality of implant was not used” resulting in infection in the wound. KMC had also observed that the patient was not managed by proper follow-up and medication and for this, the Council held the treating surgeon responsible.
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