ORDER

This common Order shall decide two Appeals, one F.A. No. 143 of 2014 filed by the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. & three doctors and the other F.A. No. 190 of 2014 filed by the Complainant - B.G. Sreedevi & Ors. challenging the impugned Judgment / Order dated 20.01.2014 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as the “State Commission”) in C.C. No. 29/2012.

2. The brief facts are drawn from F.A. No. 143 of 2014. For convenience, the parties herein are being referred to as mentioned in the Original Complaint.

3. The Complainant No. 1 - B.G. Sreedevi’s husband - Dr. B. G. Sreedhar a qualified Dental Surgeon (since deceased, hereinafter referred to as the ‘patient”) working in the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Andhra Pradesh. On 30.11.2009, he met with a car accident and sustained injuries. Immediately he was taken to the Government General Hospital at Kurnool. After first aid, on the same day, he was admitted in Gowri Gopal Hospitals Pvt. Ltd. at Kurnool. On 02.12.2009, the knee surgery was performed for fracture of right superior pole of patella. He was complaining of headache and vomiting. On 05.12.2009, the C