chandigarh wrongly diagnosing a bank manager with lung cancer instead of tuberculosis tb is going to cost a private laboratory rs 215 lakh the district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed a spiral ct mri centre in sector 44 to pay rs 2 lakh as compensation and 15000 as litigation cost to vijay ramola a resident of sector 22 for the blunderramola in his complaint said he had a persistent cough for more than 15 days in 2014 he visited government medical college and hospital sector 32 doctors suggested a ct scan of his chest the reports pointed out abnormal growth lymph nodes in the lung region he was advised to get a bronchoscopy test on receipt of a report of the lab of gmch on december 18 2014 it was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma lung that is cancer of the lung and he was referred to oncology departmentspiral ct mri centre conduced a pet scan test the report stated cancer had spread due to which bones were likely to become weak the report diagnosed it to be a case of cancer stage iv ramola underwent three chemotherapies on january 2 2015 january 31 2015 and february 23 2015 however no improvement was noticed he then shifted to tata memorial hospital mumbai doctors there said a minor test of bronchoscopy and petct scan had revealed that stage iv lung cancer could not have been diagnosed a biopsy test revealed it to be a case of tuberculosis ramola said he took treatment from a doctor in dehradun and became healthy after consuming medicines for nine months following the alleged harassment pain suffering and mental stress he underwent on being diagnosed with cancer stage iv he filed the complaint the laboratory claimed it had nowhere opined cancer had spread from lungs into the bones