S. P. TAVADE, VIJAY C. PREMCHANDANI
Grant Medical Foundation – Appellant
Versus
Babychanda R. Srivastava – Respondent
ORDER
S.P. Tavade, President.—Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the order passed by the Learned District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Pune dated 23/01/2006, in consumer complaint no.391/2004 the original OP Nos.1, 3 & 4 have preferred this appeal. Parties to this appeal shall be herein after called and referred to as per their status in the original consumer complaint.
Facts giving rise to this appeal can be summarized as under:
2. The complainant-Mrs. Babychanda, had filed the consumer complaint before the Ld. District Consumer Commission through the power of attorney holder - Mr. Rabindraprasad Srivastava, who is her husband. The Opposite Party No.1 is the Hospital run by the Grant Medical Foundation. The Opposite Party No.2 - Dr. R.W. Wadia is the Consulting Neurologist and Opposite Party No. 5 - Dr. Ashis Batra is Radiologist at OP no.1 Hospital. Opposite Party no.3- Dr.S.Vhora is Neuro Surgeon and Opposite Party no.4-Dr.C.P.Bajpayee is Neuro Surgeon, at OP no.1 Hospital, who had performed the operation on the complainant -Mrs.Babychanda. The Learned District Consumer Commission has exonerated the Opposite Party Nos. 2 & 5 and passed an order against the Opposite
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