The petitioner is a poor coolie worker, working in a brick kiln in Vandari village. He approached this Court with this petition for a direction to the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Teynampet, Chennai, the Medical Officer, Saptoor Primary Health Centre, Madurai, the District Collector, Madurai and the Joint Director, Health Department, Viswanathapuram, Madurai, to pay a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- as compensation.

2. Thesad story of the petitioner goes thus:-

The petitioners daughter by name Alagumayil, aged about 22 years, was married to one Paraman. As she became pregnant, as per the prevailing custom, she came to his house for delivery. At about 4.30 p.m. on 20.07.2004, she developed labour pain and therefore she was taken to the Primary Health Centre, Saptoor and got herself admitted at 4.30 p.m. At that time, there was no Duty Doctor available, except a Staff Nurse and a mid-wife. The daughter of the petitioner could not be given proper medical treatment for want of Doctors and she gave birth to a male child at about 5.45 p.m. Thereafter her condition worsened and at about 7.30 p.m., the petitioner went to the Staff Nurse and appraised her of the condition