Dr. (Mrs.) Mamata Lakshmanna, Member—This appeal is preferred by opposite party Dr. Anumalla Satyanarayana aggrieved by the order dated 17.10.1997 in O.P. No. 287/ 1994 on the file of the District Forum, Nizamabad directing him to pay to Sri K. Shankar, respondent/complainant, Rs. 18,000/- towards medical expenses incurredby him and Rs. 30,000/- towards damages for his permanent disability (amputation of right leg) and Rs. 1,000/- towards costs of the complaint. Parties are referred to as in the O.P.

2. The case in brief is as follows : The complainant was suffering from pain in the right leg below knee due to exertion. As such he approached the opposite party for treatment on 2.7.1994. After examining he was admitted by the opposite party in his nursing home for 6 days but as the condition went on deteriorating, he on his own left the nursing home, went to Hyderabad and was admitted in Apollo Hospital on 8.7.1994. After the investigations, doctors at Apollo Hospital diagnosed that gangrene had settled in his right leg and it had to be amputed upto thigh level immediately as it was a danger to his life, on the consent of the complainant his right leg was amputated upto thigh i.