ORDER

Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Member.—The present Revision Petition has been filed by the Petitioners under Section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) against the Order dated 31.08.2012 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab (hereinafter referred to as the “State Commission”) in Appeal No. 1422 of 2009, whereby the Appeal filed by the Petitioners was dismissed and the Order dated 08.07.2009 passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ludhiana (hereinafter referred to as the “District Forum”) in Consumer Complaint No. 577 of 2006 was affirmed.

2. Heard arguments from the learned counsel for both the sides.

3. The matter relates to medical negligence / failure in duty of care on the part of the treating doctors at Employees State Insurance Corp. Hospital Ludhiana (for short “ESI Hospital”) resulting in death of the patient due to blood transfusion reaction.

4. The District Forum vide its Order dated 08.07.2009 arrived at the findings that after transfusion of second bottle (unit) of blood the patient developed severe complications and died. The ESI Hospital had no proper facility for storage of blood