City nursing home fined Rs 20 lakh for negligence (Indi


The UT Consumer Commission has slapped a fine of Rs 20 lakh on Deep Nursing Home for "medical negligence leading to the death of a patient". Mohali resident Charanpreet Kaur, 32, had died here in December, 2005. The Commission held that the woman, after delivering a child who also expired after birth, had died due to lack of caution and diligence exercised by attending doctors Kanwarjit ...