Ghaziabad, May 29: A local hospital here was slapped with a fine of Rs 5 lakh by a consumer forum on charges of negligence in a case leading to the death of a couple.
Acting on a complaint filed by Manjoor Abbasi in connection with the death of his son, the Consumer Forum Chairman A K Srivastava yesterday found Ganesh hospital guilty and directed it to compensate him by paying Rs five lakh and an additional amount of Rs 8,000 for the expenses of the case.
The forum also directed the medical establishments in the area to provide first medical aid to the patients rather than to ascertain about the payments of bill.
In 2002, Abbasi’s son along with his lover allegedly consumed poison after which they were rushed to the hospital where they were denied treatment as nobody was there to take the responsibility of the payment of treatment.
–Agencies