Aman Hospital VS Amarjit Kaur

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J. RAJENDRA
Aman Hospital – Appellant
Versus
Amarjit Kaur – Respondent

Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioner:Mr. DDS Nayar, Advocate and Dr. Aman Kapoor, In Person
For the Respondent:Mr. Vishwajeet Singh, Advocate for R-1 with Mr. K.S. Parmar, Husband of R-1 In Person, Mr. Gaurav Sahdev, Advocate (VC) for R-2, Mr. Naveen Kumar and Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocates for R-3

ORDER

This Revision Petition is filed under section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (the “Act”) against the Order dated 14.07.2017, passed by State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Punjab (‘State Commission’) in FA No. 181/2016 vide which the OP appeal was dismissed upholding the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Hoshiarpur (‘District Forum’) order dated 02.02.2016 in CC No 07/2015.

2. As per report of the Registry, there is a delay of 16 days in filing the present Petition. For the reasons mentioned in IA/18698/2017, the same is condoned in the interest of justice.

3. For convenience, the parties are referred to as placed in the original Complaint filed before the District Forum.

4. Brief facts of the case, as per the complainant, are that she had met with an accident on 29.06.2014 and was treated at OP-1 hospital from 29.06.2014 to 03.07.2014. During the treatment, OP-1 operated her left leg by affixing a shaft/nail/rod in her tibia and charged Rs.25,000/- for the procedure. Despite follow-up visits and medication, she experienced severe pain in her left leg. Upon seeking a second opinion, an X-ray revealed that a larger-than-required rod had been affix