In 2001 - 02, Mr.

G (the patient) was suffering from breathing problems for a period of 7

months intermittently. Dr Lokhande (Respondent No.2) treated him free of cost and
prescribed some tablets. Those tablets gave relief to the patient for a short interval and he
returned to his routine work.
Patient complained of breathlessness for a period of 6 months without any complaint. A
doctor prescribed some tablets & nebulization and asked the patient to take tests (Chest X-ray
and Blood test) and visit him again. Patient did not turn up for review and did not take tests as
advised.
On 17-01-2003, the patient was taken to Cardio Hospital Pvt. Ltd. (Respondent No.1) located
in the city of Rajgar, by his family for a preliminary check-up which was done by Dr. Arun, a
consultant cardiologist (R4). The test reports showed that the patient had Echocardiography
and was having high blood sugar levels. But the patient did not give the details of previous
treatment taken from R1, 2 & 3 to R4
R4 suggested an angiogram which showed that two major vessels in the heart had blocks
ranging from 70% to 90% of the time. The patient was referred to Dr. Kevin (R5), a
Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the same hospital for further treatment as it required an
angioplasty.
R5 advised that the only treatment for a patient who had a hole in his heart was to undergo
open heart by-pass (CABG) surgery. On 20-01-2003, after getting the consent from the
patient, the surgery was performed and the entire process lasted 8 hours.
Patient's surgical site infection was discovered by R5 who had travelled abroad to attend an
International Medical Conference. R5 saw the infection as the result of
cultural cultural inappropriateness. The patient was taken back to Cardio Hospital for further
examination and treatment. The Respondent No.5 advised his assistant to start on Cefixime
injection on 12-02-2003. The next day after the second dose of injection, the patient
complained of mild itching. The patient's wife, Rekha (Appellant) immediately reported this
matter to the Staff Nurse.
The patient complained of severe itching over the injection site. The duty doctor diagnosed it
to be a case of ranaphylaxis (allergy) due to the antibiotic injection. In spite of earnest efforts
on the part of Respondent No.5, the patient's condition deteriorated and he died.