Doc made to pay polio patient â¹10L for operating wrong foot
A Delhi-based doctor was asked to pay â¹10 lakh as compensation to a polio patient's family for operating her left foot instead of the right one in 2003. Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission said the negligence caused a delay in her education and matrimonial prospects. The commission further said the doctor got an "unfilled form" signed by the family.