Thursday, September 27, 2012

Medical negligence: Escorts Heart Institute to pay Rs.50,000 | ummid.com

Medical negligence: Escorts Heart Institute to pay Rs.50,000 | ummid.com
Taking a tough stand against medical negligence, the apex consumer court has slapped a Rs.50,000 penalty on the Delhi-based Fortis Escorts Heart Institute for an infected blood transfusion that left a patient afflicted with Hepatitis B within weeks of undergoing a bypass surgery in 1995.