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R.K.AGRAWAL, S.M.KANTIKAR, BINOY KUMAR
Sq. Ldr. N. K. Arora Retd. Through LRs. – Appellant
Versus
Army Hospital (R&R) – Respondent
ORDER
Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Member—The present Consumer Complaint has been filed under Section 21 of the Consumer Protection Act,1986 (in short “the Act”) by the legal heirs of the deceased – Sq. Ldr. N. K. Arora against the Opposite Parties namely Army Hospital (R&R) (AHRR), Air Force Hospital, Hindon and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for alleged medical negligence and deficiency in service.
2. Initially the Complaint was filed by Sq. Ldr. N. K. Arora, working as a Commissioned Officer in the Air Force (since deceased, hereinafter referred to as the ‘patient’). He, while commanding an Air Force ‘Convoy’ from Jaisalmer to Gwalior in Rajasthan, on 13.05.2004, on way to Gwalior near Dausa, met with major road accident at about 8 p.m. His Maruti Gypsy rammed into the Camel-Cart with full of wooden-logs. He suffered injuries on face and chest and was taken to Civil Hospital at Dousa and thereafter referred to SMS Hospital, Jaipur. The doctors at SMS hospital informed that he suffered fracture mandible and ribs, but there was no head injury. The patient was accompanie
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