Thursday August 9, 2007
Baby to lose arm, hospital says sorry
By WANI MUTHIAH
KLANG: The Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital here has apologised to the parents of a premature baby whose left arm will have to be amputated after the limb became infected at the hospital.
Hospital director Dr Yahaya Baba said he had met the parents several times and tendered the hospital’s apologies.
“The case will be thoroughly investigated by the Health Ministry and appropriate measures will be taken,” he said, adding that any monetary compensation due to the parents would be worked out by the ministry.
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Condition ‘not good’: Lai found out last Saturday that Yok Shan’s left arm had lost colour. The next day it had turned black, he said. |
Lai Yok Shan was kept in an incubator and put on a drip attached to her left hand.
“In the incubator, she appeared to be a very active baby,” Lai told a press conference yesterday.
Last Saturday, the hospital informed the parents that Yok Shan’s condition was “not good”.
Lai rushed to the hospital and found that his daughter’s left arm had lost colour.
“The next day, the arm turned black and began to swell up to the elbow,” a tearful Lai said, adding that the doctors told him that the arm needed to be amputated.
“When I asked them if my baby’s life could be saved, they refused to say anything.”
Lai said he was still in shock and was now desperately praying for his daughter's survival.
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