The girl, who is now 18 years old, was born prematurely at the government hospital in Chennai’s Egmore. But she was discharged from the hospital without a retinopathy test, a must for preemies.
By the time the family discovered the lapse, the girl had lost her vision.
Her father then approached the National Consumer Forum, which awarded Rs 5 lakh. Unhappy with the compensation, the family then approached the top court.
The Tamil Nadu government, too, had challenged the order of the consumer forum.
Today, the court dismissed the state government’s appeal and directed it to pay the higher compensation.
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