Medical negligence case: SC awards Rs 1 crore as compensation

The Supreme Court on Thursday awarded a massive compensation of Rs one crore to a software engineer who suffered permanent disability due to medical negligence at a government-owned hospital in Andhra Pradesh.

A bench of Justices B N Agrawal,G S Singhwi and H S Bedi enhanced the compensation to Rs one crore from Rs 15 lakh which was awarded by the Andhra Pradesh High Court to Prashant S Bhanaka,the software engineer.

The victim suffered permanent disability in the form of paralysis and other complications,rendering him incapable of all normal chores after undergoing a surgery in Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences.