Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Presiding Member—When we’re sick or hurt, we often rely upon medication to alleviate our symptoms or pain. We trust in doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and hospitals or other health care facilities to give us the right medications in the right dosage to fix what’s wrong.

When a doctor, hospital or pharmacy makes an error that results in an overdose, there can be serious consequences. Many prescription drugs can be dangerous or even deadly in sufficient doses.

1. The complainant, Smt. Baljeet Kaur, mother of the complainants 2 to 4, aged about 69 years, took treatment for urinary tract infection (UTI) from the OP/ Petitioner Dr.Sameer Kaushal. OP advised injection ‘Mikacin’ (Amikacin). After 2-3 days, she found that she was losing hearing power, which was informed to the OP. However, OP told to continue the injection, as it was necessary for UTI. Further the patient’s condition deteriorated and the complainant became absolutely deaf. The OP treated her from 4.3.2006 to 2.4.2006. The complainant consulted Dr. Harpreet Singh, ENT Surgeon on 2.4.2006 who certified her as absolutely deaf and told that it was due to ‘Mikacin’ overdose. On 3.4.2006, she consulted Dr. K