AIIMS Rishikesh ordered to pay Rs 60K for wrongly labelling patient HIV positive
A consumer commission has found AIIMS Rishikesh guilty of medical negligence after the hospital incorrectly recorded a patient as HIV positive in its medical records. Tests conducted at other hospitals subsequently confirmed that the patient was HIV negative. The hospital was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the erroneous entry. The commission ordered AIIMS Rishikesh to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation along with an additional Rs 10,000 towards litigation costs.
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