ORDER

Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Member.—The instant Complaint was filed under Section 21(a)(i) of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 by Smt. Devarakonda Surya Sesha Mani for the alleged medical negligence and deficiency in service against the Opposite Parties during treatment of her husband – Mr. Raja Ram Mohan (hereinafter referred to as the ‘patient’), who lost his life. Her husband was working as an Instrumentation Engineer in Kuwait and was earning KD 1200 per month. On 12.06.2014, he came to his home town at Vishakhapatnam for 10 days to spend time with the family and he was supposed to return on 20.06.2014. His health was good. On 18.06.2014 at 9.45 p.m., he had vomiting and was taken to Care Hospital (hereinafter referred to as the Opposite Party No. 1). The patient walked from the main gate to the casualty of the hospital. The General Physician - Dr. D. Swaroop (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Opposite Party No. 3’) examined the patient in the casualty and kept him there for three hours. The hospital authorities collected Rs. 5,000/- at the time of admission. In the casualty, the patient again vomited and for the first time complained about breathlessness. The patient and his wife r