Parliamentary Opposition leader, Sdr Lim Kit Siang wrote on his blog:
The Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek’s statement in the press yesterday that “medical mistakes are inevitable” however careful the doctors are is most regrettable and must be deplored by all MPs as it is tantamount to giving a blank cheque for hospital negligence endangering lives and welfare of the people seeking medical treatment.
We claim to want to be a first-world developed nation which is not matched by a first-world mentality and mindset, such as making an important distinction between mistakes and negligence in hospital. The former is understandable and acceptable but the latter, i.e. negligence, is totally unacceptable and unforgivable.
Tragic cases like the baby girl Lai Yok Shan who lost her left forearm because of a chain of negligence at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang or a private hospital nurse Kalaiyarasi Perumal, 44, who went through the nightmare of a pair of forceps left in her abdomen after an operation at the Sultan Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru cannot be accepted as unavoidable incidents.
Tragedy is only waiting to happen to you.
4 comments:
Medical errors occur all the time in any country. The question is how the administration deals with it and if measures are put in place so that it never occurs again. Just because the Minister has declared it won't happen again doesn't mean anything. For instance if House officers are still running a Neontal ICU then perhaps the system needs to be overhauled. More thoughts here:
http://medicine.com.my/wp/?p=2858
The minister with all due respect is an idiot for saying such a thing. 1st world nation dreams but 3rd world idiotic mentality like this is why we are held back from achieving more for the people. Why don't we remove one of his arm and 'compensate' him RM60,000. See if that's enough for you Minister Put-Your-Arm-Where-Your-Mouth-Is.
She is innocent and should deserve the best. As a girl beauty is most important factor in life. In view of losing an arm, how should she lives on? What about her future and humiliation she faced from public. She should be compensensate well.....If not try to do this to you girl or your grand daughter or to your self. Then you can understand the feeling of it. It is not $ but for her future education and how do you know she could create a name of fame not only for herself but for the country.....
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