A couple who lost their 42-day-old child, nearly 10 years ago, due to wrong administration of vaccination at a private hospital has been awarded Rs. 3 lakh compensation by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC).
The Tiruvallur district forum, where the father of the child first filed the complaint, had earlier ordered a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh.
K. Dhanasekaran of Manali New Town said his wife delivered a boy at Dr. Durga Nursing Home, Avadi, on January 26, 2003, and underwent sterilisation operation a day later. The baby died, on March 10, after it was administered immunisation vaccines at the same hospital.
SCDRC said it was inclined to raise the compensation to Rs. 3 lakh taking into consideration the inability of the complainant’s wife to have children in the future.
