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NEW DELHI: The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has awarded a compensation of ₹65 lakh to the wife of a patient, who suffered from permanent brain injury and has been in a vegetative state for over 12 years due to gross negligence committed by Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Delhi.

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Holding the hospital and its chairman liable, a bench of presiding member Ram Surat Ram (Maurya) and member Bharatkumar Pandya directed them to pay the compensation at an interest of 6% per annum from the date of filing the com- plaint till the date of payment, within a period of two months. The compensation, added with interest, will be ₹11,180,000.

The complainant, Dr Manju Dadu, approached the commission in 2012 seeking compensation of ₹5 crore for medical negligence coupled with conse- quent injury and a refund of ₹2 crore paid towards medical expenses, stating that her hus- band was admitted in the hospital in a healthy condition, but Dr Ashok Seth and his team ‘unnecessarily’ conducted an angioplasty. Dadu claimed that Dr Seth and his team committed “gross negligence” by giving heparin to her husband that caused brain hemorrhage, despite being aware of his diabetic condition.

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