A 54-year-old man from the city has approached the Bombay High Court alleging medical negligence at the civic-run COVID-19 jumbo centre and seeking Rs 36 lakh compensation for the ordeal he underwent.

Deepak Shah, a resident of suburban Andheri, recently filed a petition seeking compensation for medical negligence, incompetent and improper medical treatment by the doctors at the BKC jumbo covid hospital run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in suburban Bandra.