S.N. Kapoor, Presiding Member—The appellant/complainant husband lost his case for compensation of Rs. 10,00,000 due to death of his wife on account of medical negligence against the opposite parties/respondents. Feeling aggrieved, he has filed this appeal.

2. The case of the complainant is that his deceased wife Doctor K. Vijayalakshmi was a Medical Officer at the Primary Health Centre, Vanapalli. On 13.7.1991, she lost control of her left side limbs. She was admitted on 14.7.1991 in Madras Medical Mission. Vijay Hospital/opposite party No.1 allegedly appointed Madras Medical Mission a Consultant to treat the deceased. On 15.7.1991, the patient was referred to Dr. Deepak, Neuro-physician. He conducted C.T. Scanning Test. After the test, Dr. K.M. Cherian of Madras Medical Mission declared that it was a medical case and not a surgical one and the patient would be alright within a week under the treatment of the Neuro-physician. But, neither Dr. K.M. Cherian nor anybody else of Vijay Hospital arranged for the services of Neuro-physician till 24.7.1991. When the condition of the complainant’s wife became very serious, Dr. Deepak attended on her only on 24.7.1991 but could not do a