BMICH ordered to pay Rs. 180m as compensation to Samitha

Dr. Samitha Samanmali

The court has ordered BMICH to pay a compensation of Rs. 180 million to Dr. Samitha Samanmali. She was paralyzed when a shelter collapsed on her at ‘Deyata Kirula’ exhibition in 2008 at BMICH.

Samanmali who was a medical student at the time sustained severe injuries in the accident on February 15, 2008 at the BMICH when she was organising the setting up of stalls for a medical exhibition.