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S.M.KANTIKAR
P. A. APPASAMY – Appellant
Versus
MANAGER, VIJAYA HEALTH CENTRE – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Dr. A. R. Shanmugam, Advocate Mr. N.M. Varghese, Advocate
For the Respondent:Ms. Asmita Singh, Advocate

JUDGMENT/ORDER :

S. M. Kantikar, Presiding Member - The complainant, P.A. Appasamy, Inspector of Police posted at Chennai has filed the instant complaint under section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 against Vijaya Health Centre and their doctors for alleged medical negligence during treatment causing death of his son Ravindra Nath Rabiroa.

2. Brief facts are that the complainant took his son, Ravindra Nath Rabiroa, since deceased, (herein after referred as 'the patient') to Vijaya Health Centre for the complaint of persistent headache. Patient was examined by the doctors, advised various tests and treated by administration of different combination of medicines. Patient was diagnosed as suffering from colloid cyst in the third ventricle of the brain. Accordingly, the patient was advised for surgery for removal of the cyst. The complainant agreed for the surgery of his son and surgery was performed on 18.05.2017. After surgery, the patient was unconscious and kept in ICU till 21.05.2017 under ventilatory support. He was unconscious till then. On 22.05.2017, the patient was shifted to Neuro Surgical Ward wherein the patient's mother Shanthi noticed a swelling in the left leg of

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