Consumer news: Eleven years after a Kolkata woman underwent a hysterectomy that allegedly left her with a damaged ureter, the West Bengal State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held a senior surgeon and Belle Vue Clinic guilty of medical negligence and directed the doctor and hospital to jointly pay Rs 26.5 lakh in compensation and litigation costs to the complainant.

A bench of Justice Bibhas Ranjan De , President of the commission, and Member Mridula Roy was hearing a consumer complaint filed by one Chhanda Datta against surgeon Dr Niranjan Bhattacharya and Kolkata ’s Belle Vue Clinic over a hysterectomy performed on April 10, 2015.

“The patient was left to endure harrowing discomfort for days on end. It was only 8 days post-operation that a CT scan was finally commissioned, and thereafter, a urologist consulted.…