<p>The district consumer disputes redressal forum Thursday directed Kohli to pay a compensation of Rs.50,000 for causing mental agony and harassment to the complainant, Rs.5,000 for covering the cost of litigation and Rs.2,200 for the medical expense. <br />According to the complaint, Poonam Devi had in June 2009 gone to Ashima Kohli's private dental clinic in Sector 30 here. <br /><br />“I visited the clinic as I had pain in my lower jaw. Earlier, a doctor had suggested the extraction of my sixth tooth in the lower jaw, as it was infected. I apprised Kohli about this, but she diagnosed that the seventh tooth was causing pain,” Poonam Devi told IANS Friday. <br />“She extracted the seventh tooth, but it did not bring me any relief. On visiting a government doctor, I found that the actual problem was still with the sixth tooth. When I approached Kohli, she misbehaved with me and my husband and refused to meet us. Following this, we approached the consumer forum,” she added.<br /><br />The consumer forum referred the medical reports to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here. A special team of senior doctors was constituted to look into the matter, which gave its decision in the favour of Devi.<br />In the argument, Kohli's counsel said his client had extracted the right tooth and there was no negligence in the treatment.<br /></p>
<p>The district consumer disputes redressal forum Thursday directed Kohli to pay a compensation of Rs.50,000 for causing mental agony and harassment to the complainant, Rs.5,000 for covering the cost of litigation and Rs.2,200 for the medical expense. <br />According to the complaint, Poonam Devi had in June 2009 gone to Ashima Kohli's private dental clinic in Sector 30 here. <br /><br />“I visited the clinic as I had pain in my lower jaw. Earlier, a doctor had suggested the extraction of my sixth tooth in the lower jaw, as it was infected. I apprised Kohli about this, but she diagnosed that the seventh tooth was causing pain,” Poonam Devi told IANS Friday. <br />“She extracted the seventh tooth, but it did not bring me any relief. On visiting a government doctor, I found that the actual problem was still with the sixth tooth. When I approached Kohli, she misbehaved with me and my husband and refused to meet us. Following this, we approached the consumer forum,” she added.<br /><br />The consumer forum referred the medical reports to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here. A special team of senior doctors was constituted to look into the matter, which gave its decision in the favour of Devi.<br />In the argument, Kohli's counsel said his client had extracted the right tooth and there was no negligence in the treatment.<br /></p>