Digboi, Oct. 13 -- A 26-year-old woman worker injured in a fall at M/S New Hapjan Tea Factory in Assam's Tinsukia district is locked in a dispute with the management over medical expenses, with her family seeking full reimbursement of a hospital bill exceeding Rs 40,000.

Rubi Baruah, a resident of Nazirating under Digboi Police Station, reportedly fell from a height of around six feet at about 11 pm on October 10. She sustained multiple fractures, a head injury and a waist injury that required two stitches.

Speaking on Tuesday evening, Rubi alleged that the management had offered to pay only Rs 20,000 towards the cost of her treatment at a private nursing home in Tinsukia, where she stayed for three-and-a-half days. She demanded full re...