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SUDIP AHLUWALIA, ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA
Kamlesh Yadav – Appellant
Versus
National Heart Institute – Respondent
ORDER
Sudip Ahluwalia, Member.—This Consumer Complaint has been filed under Section 21(a)(i) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, seeking compensation from the Opposite Parties for causing death of the patient due to medical negligence and deficiency of service.
2. The factual background, in brief, is that on 30.04.2015, Shri Rajendra was admitted to National Heart Institute, New Delhi/Opposite Party No. 1 with acute chest pain. After an angiography, they informed both the Complainant (wife of Shri Rajendra) and her brother-in-law that significant coronary blockage required immediate intervention. A coronary procedure was accordingly scheduled and performed on 04.05.2015 at approximately 2:30 p.m., but post-operative progress was poor. But instead of stabilising, the patient’s condition worsened rapidly through the night. At 2:00 a.m. on 05.05.2015, frantic activity erupted in the Intensive-Care Unit, and the nursing staff telephoned Medical Superintendent/Opposite Party No. 2 and Dr. Vinod Sharma/Opposite Party No. 3 repeatedly, urging their immediate presence because the patient’s vitals were crashing. The Complainant entered the ICU and found her husband in a markedly deteriorate
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