A District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) in Odisha’s Sambalpur district has slapped a penalty of ₹78.66 lakh on two doctors and a nursing home for negligence in duty.
On November 8, 2017, one Sumit Dash met an accident between Sambalpur and Burla towns, and sustained multiple fractures involving his right leg, right foot and right hand. The following day, he was admitted to the V.S.S. Medical College Hospital, Burla.
One orthopaedic doctor told the accident victim that the operation would be possible in a government-run hospital after four days, whereas he [the doctor] could perform the operation in a private hospital on the following day. Going by this advice, Mr. Dash preferred the private nursing home over the government hospital.
