Thiruvananthapuram: The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission , Kerala, recently exonerated a Thiruvananthapuram-based hospital and its urologist from charges of medical negligence while conducting a kidney stone removal surgery on a patient.

The history of the case goes back to 2014 when the patient approached the treating doctor at the Thiruvananthapuram-based hospital with severe pain in the left portion of his stomach. After examining him and conducting tests, the treating doctor prescribed some medicines.

However, the complainant had stomach pain again after a few days. Therefore, an ultrasound scan was taken, which revealed that the patient had a kidney stone of 5 mm on the right side and two stones of 10mm and 6mm, respectively, on the left side.

Accordingly, the trea

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