Maharashtra: Kalyan hospital pay ₹10 lakh compensation to man for botched medical procedure

The Thane District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed a hospital in Kalyan town to pay a compensation of ₹10 lakh to a man for a botched medical procedure and deficiency in services following which his leg was amputated. The commission in its order passed on March 23 also asked the hospital to pay ₹30,000 as cost of the complaint to the complainant Yogesh Ramkumar Pal. A copy of the order was made available on Saturday.

The commission dismissed the complaint against a doctor at the hospital and the insurance company, who were the opponents in the case along with the hospital.Pal informed the commission that on October 22, 2010, he fell from a motorbike and suffered injuries to his right knee. He was unable to walk and was taken to the hospital in Kalyan town in Maharashtra's Thane district where he was given initial treatment and a plaster was applied to his leg. He was discharged the next day. Two days later, he felt there was no sensation in his right leg and got admitted to the hospital where doctors opined that due to the tight application of the plaster, blood circulation was obstructed and advised him to approach the King Edward Memorial (KEM) in neighbouring Mumbai. 

The complainant told the commission that he lost his right leg due to the wrong, negligent and faulty treatment at the Kalyan-based hospital and incurred permanent disability.The complainant was operated on again as he had developed gangrene. His entire lower leg from the right thigh was amputated by operation. The complainant could not appear for the Class 12 examination and suffered loss of the academic year. He submitted that he is still not in a fit mental condition due to the shock and it has affected his livelihood.