Consumer forum Orders A Nursing Home to Pay Rs.18 Lakh in Compensation

We might have watched in few movies that doctors forgetting scissors, knifes and other things while performing surgery. That looks good to laugh at but in real life it's a life and death issue to the patient. Getting to the point, In Delhi such kind of incident happened. The doctors forgot a sponge in the patient's stomach.

In 2012 Sweha Khandelwal a resident of kailash nagar(Delhi) delivered a baby in Rishab Medical center located in Delhi. After the surgery doctors mistakenly forgot the sponge. From then on she got frequent stomach pains. She went to the same hospital to report the condition but doctors sent her away telling she doesn't have any problem.

As her health deteriorated day by day she admitted in another hospital. After the examination the doctors found that pus has accumulated in the stomach due to the infection. They performed the surgery and removed the sponge parts. Then the recovered patient approached the consumer forum and reported the incident. Forum reacting to the issue ordered Rishab Medical center to pay 18 lakh rupees in compensation to the patient.