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West Bengal Consumer Commission Hysterectomy

‘Harrowing discomfort’: Kolkata hospital to pay Rs 26.5 lakh after 11-year battle over botched hysterectomy

May 08, 2026 6:15 pm

The state consumer commission was hearing a consumer complaint filed by one Chhanda Datta against surgeon Dr Niranjan Bhattacharya and Kolkata’s Belle Vue Clinic over a hysterectomy performed on April 10, 2015.

'Legal heirs can be impleaded': Supreme Court says medical negligence case doesn’t end with doctor’s death

May 07, 2026 12:34 pm

The Supreme Court ruling is limited to clarifying that the case can continue, and that any compensation, if awarded, can be recovered from the estate of the deceased doctor, not from his legal heirs personally.

NCDRC consumer Apollo Hospital Hyderabad

Apex consumer body dismisses Rs 2.42 crore negligence claim against Apollo Hospital over patient fall

April 29, 2026 12:25 pm

The national consumer commission was hearing a consumer complaint filed in 2018 by a man who died in 2023, later pursued by his daughter as legal heir, alleging medical negligence by the Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.

Apex consumer body orders Kolkata nephrologist to pay Rs 5 lakh after delay cost dialysis patient her life

April 20, 2026 6:10 pm

The case before the NCDRC pertained to the death of a 67-year-old woman, who was undergoing dialysis for chronic kidney disease linked to Type-2 diabetes.

The national consumer commission highlighted that the lead surgeon at the Apollo Hospital had over 25 years of experience and had performed numerous complex surgeries.

Top consumer body saves Kolkata Apollo Hospital from Rs 1.25 crore lawsuit

March 30, 2026 12:01 pm

The national consumer commission was hearing a medical negligence complaint filed alleging that doctors and the Apollo Hospital were negligent in performing a hysterectomy in July 2010 seeking Rs 1.25 crore in compensation.

NCDRC Medanta consumer court negligence claim

‘Complications not negligence’: National consumer body backs Medanta doctors in Rs 1 crore claim

March 30, 2026 9:42 am

The complainant, suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and severe knee deformity, had undergone bilateral total knee replacement (TKR) surgery at Medanta, Gurugram, in 2010.

Another death at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital ‘due to negligence’, 3 days after man dies in lift

March 23, 2026 3:01 pm

His family alleged that Biswajit Samanta was not provided with a stretcher and was forced to walk to a toilet 100 m away, despite complaining of chest pain.

Evidence also shows that he was carrying on medical practice in the locality and administering medicines and injections without any qualification, said the Orissa High Court.

'Gross negligence': 24 years after toddler's death, Orissa High Court upholds conviction of 'unqualified' medical doctor

March 20, 2026 2:04 pm

The Orissa High Court was hearing a criminal appeal pending since 2002 and ruled that the accused’s conduct amounted to “gross negligence” resulting in death of a two-year-old child in 2000.

‘Medical negligence’: State consumer panel orders Mohali hospital, doctors to pay Rs 45 lakh for teenager’s death

March 19, 2026 6:43 pm

The order came on an appeal filed by Kavita, the mother of Gurpreet Kaur, who died in December 2021.

‘Fake OPD entries, fabricated diagnoses, injections never given’: Punjab Govt seeks time on fraud probe against Fortis

March 01, 2026 3:39 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court defers a petition by a farmer who alleged that Fortis Hospital in Mohali and an ophthalmologist claimed Rs 2.86 lakh from his insurer for a routine cataract surgery.