Chennai govt hospital ordered to pay ₹1.6 lakh for botched surgery

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Chennai has ordered Government Peripheral Hospital, Tondiarpet to pay ₹1.6 lakh to a woman for medical negligence. The hospital reportedly botched up a sterilisation procedure on the woman in 2001 because of which she had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy in 2017. She underwent an emergency surgery after doctors said her life was under threat.