ORDER

Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Presiding Member—The present Complaint has been filed under section 21 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for short “the Act”) by (1) Sh. Om Prakash Sikka & (2) Smt. Madhu Sikka against IVY Hospital, Sector-70, Mohali, Punjab & its 4 Doctors, seeking compensation of Rs. 4,00,00,000/- for act of medical negligence on the part of Opposite Parties, which resulted in the death of the Complainants son, Rajat Sikka (hereinafter referred to as the ‘deceased’ or ‘patient’).

Facts:

2. Brief facts leading to the present Complaint are that on 11.10.2008, Mr. Rajat Sikka, the son of the Complainants (hereinafter referred to as the ‘patient’), about 26 years, got injured in a car accident. He sustained serious head injury - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). He was immediately taken to PGI Chandigarh by the local Police. Emergency CT scan and X-Ray were done. The doctors labeled it as GSC score 9. There was no history of seizures (convulsions) and the patient was moving all limbs and was reacting to light, the bilateral lung air entry was equal, oxygen saturation was 100% and BP was 120/80mm of Hg. Thereafter, for further treatment, the Complainants shifted their son to I