15 years after anaesthesia overdose killed man, kin awarded Rs 15 lakh in compensation

After surviving a complicated neurosurgery, a man passed away due to cardiac arrest induced by an extra dose of anaesthesia administered at a private scanning centre in Kilpauk, Chennai. Fifteen years later, the family won a legal battle at district consumer disputes redressal forum in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, against the scanning centre and secured Rs 15 lakhs as compensation.