Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 921 · Decided 17 October 2023
MRS. Kalyani Rajan v. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 921 · [2023] 15 S.C.R. 97
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10347/2010
- Decided
- 17 October 2023
- Bench
- A.S. BOPANNA, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(c)(iii)
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether the respondents have committed negligence in not providing proper post-operative medical care to the patient and, accordingly, whether the NCDRC has committed any illegality while dismissing the complaint fi led by the Act, 1986 - Complainant-appellant, husband (patient) was suff ering from Chiari Malformations (Type II) with Hydrocephalous - Patient underwent neurosurgery after which he was shifted to a private room - However, same day around 11:00 p.m., patient suff ered a heart attack
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