Baby Yok Shan To Lose Arm

Source: The Star

Yok Shan to lose her arm
By CHRISTINA TAN

KLANG: One-month-old baby Lai Yok Shan will undergo an operation to amputate her left arm on Saturday. Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital director Dr Yahya Baba said the amputation would be below the elbow.

The forearm of Lai Yok Shan which has turned black. He said doctors involved in the operation explained the procedure to Yok Shan's parents last night. Yok Shan was born premature and her arm became infected while she was placed in an incubator.

At a press conference organised by Pasar Besar DAP branch chairman Peter Tan earlier, Yok Shan's father Kian Khee had called on the hospital to conduct the operation as his daughter could no longer bear the pain.

“My daughter is not a guinea pig, stop torturing her. It is painful to see her in this condition, we just want her safe,” said the 24-year-old mechanic.

He also said that he did not need the ex-gratia payment offered as compensation to the family by the government as it was meaningless since Yok Shan's arm could not be saved.

“We just want the hospital to bear the medical expenses for all the treatment she will need and for as long as she will need it. We also want the hospital to provide an artificial limb for her, for as long as she lives. We don’t want to see her going to school without an arm,” he said.

Kian Kee claimed that he had been left in the dark over Yok Shan's condition and received conflicting reports.

“I found out (about the condition) through the media or when reporters called me for comments,” he said.

The family's lawyer Lim Lip Eng said the family would accept an apology from the houseman who treated Yok Shan as it was not his or her fault but was misguided or given the wrong training.

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