Mr. Justice D.R. Vithal Rao, President — In this complaint, under Section 17 r/w Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, the complainant has sought compensation in a sum of Rs.9,87,087/- with interest thereon from the opposite parties.

Opposite party No. 1 is a Kamakshi Hospital, Mysore; opposite party Nos. 2 to 6 are doctors — opposite party No. 4 Dr. Kamat is the Administrator of the said Hospital; Opposite party No. 2-a Surgeon who had conducted hernia operation on the late Rama Rao — the complainant; opposite party No. 3 is Dr. Chandrasekhar who administered anaesthesia to Mr. Rama Rao while opposite party No. 2 conducted hernia operation on Mr. Rama Rao; opposite party No. 5 is the Orthopaedic Surgeon who conducted operation of the spinal cord on Mr. Rama Rao; opposite party No. 6 is Dr. Radhesh, Radiologist, who had taken C.T. scan of Mr. Rama Rao at Nilgiri Cancer Centre, Mysore. The complainant, Rama Rao, pending enquiry, expired on 22.7.93, his wife Smt. B. Seethamma was brought on record as L.R. of the complainant.

2. It is the case of the complainant that opposite party No. 2 examined the complainant at opposite party 1 hospital and diagonised the problem fac