DEVINDER Gupta, a senior clerk in the Supreme Court, lost vision in his left eye while being treated for a minor ophthalmic ailment. He blamed his doctor, but could not afford to approach the regular courts for redressal. Hope dawned last week with the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court bringing medical services within the purview of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA). He rushed to the consumer court and filed a Rs 10 lakh suit against the ophthalmologist. "I am partly blind because of his incompetence. Doctors cannot just play with people's lives," says Gupta.