B.K. Taimni, Member—This complaint has been filed by the complainant, Basudeo Prasad Maheswari, alleging medical negligence on the part of the opposite parties, namely, Apollo Hospital and Dr. M.C. Garg.

2. Very briefly the case leading to filing the complaint were that the complainant went to the First opposite Party Hospital on 20.2.98 complaining of breathlessness, where after he was referred to second opposite party Dr. M.C. Garg. His ECG was done and the complainant was asked to come next day and got Holter ECG done. The second opposite party after seeing the ECG, Holter ECG and Blood Test reports, advised the complainant to get a permanent pace maker implanted costing about Rs.l,25,000. Since this much money was not immediately available, the complainant requested sometime to arrange for the funds, whereupon he left for hometown on 2.3.98. While at Lalitpur, his hometown, the complainant felt pain in the left side of the chest, upon which he contacted Dr. Ashok Saxena, a family physician, who advised him to rush to Jhansi to consult Dr. Praveen Kumar, a Heart Specialist, whereupon he was admitted in Happy Family Nursing Home, Jhansi on 2.3.98. The complainant received t