Finally after one year when the files from his first CT scan were found, Kahlon was rushed to hospital.

He was diagnosed with TB meningitis which takes months to be treated. Kahlon's condition deteriorated, leaving him with cognitive impairment for life.

Granting him the record compensation Wednesday, the provincial British Columbia supreme court said negligence in procedures led to a one-year delay in Kahlon's treatment.

The court said: 'Had the films been reported on at the time of the CT scan or within the several months following, it would have led to a chain of inquiry which would have resulted in a diagnosis of spinal TB meningitis.

'Treatment would have been given and Mr. Kahlon would have recovered without consequence.'

The court said Kahlon was also 30 percent liable for his medical negligence by not reporting for the second scan. But because of his impairment, Kahlon could not testify before the court.