ORDER

B.K. Taimni, Member - This is a complaint filed by the husband of the deceased Doctor K. Sailaja, alleging medical negligence on the part of the opposite parties, Sri Vasudha Nursing Home (hereinafter referred to as OP No. l) and Dr. S. Jagadeeswari (hereinafter referred to as OP No. 2).

2. The facts leading to filing the complaint are that the deceased Dr. Sailaja, who herself was a post-graduate student of Gynaecology in the Government Medical College at Kakinada (A.P.), after getting married had a baby of seven months. She noticed a boil near her private part, for which she allegedly contacted the OP No. 2 Dr. S. Jagadeeswari, who is a Senior Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in the Government General Hospital attached to the Medical College in Kakinanda, who after diagnosing the ailment as Perianal Abscess, allegedly with an ulterior motive to make money, referred the deceased to the OP No. 1 Nursing Home. The deceased was operated upon on 23.5.1997 in the OP No. 1 Nursing Home under general anaesthesia at about 8.30 a.m. After surgery it is alleged that, the OP No. 2 left the Nursing Home, and it is at this stage that the deceased developed rigours and her condition progressi