The Hyderabad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission–II has slammed a Chennai-based hospital and its doctors for gross medical negligence after they left surgical cotton and thread inside a woman’s abdomen during a procedure.
The commission directed the hospital to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation for the woman’s physical and mental suffering, along with Rs 20,000 towards litigation costs. It also ordered compliance within 45 days.
According to the case details, T Alekhya, a resident of Hyderabad, underwent
surgery at KHM Hospital in Chennai on October 19, 2015, and delivered a baby girl. After paying a bill of Rs 1.2 lakh, she was discharged on October 24.