Dengue death: Family to sue TTSH for negligence

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Dengue death: Family to sue TTSH for negligence


June 1st, 2013 | Author: Editorial



In the latest update from the family whose son, Ang Yong Han, died from
dengue fever, the father has told the media that he has sought a lawyer to sue
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) for negligence.



According to a posting on Wanbao’s Facebook page today (1 Jun), Yong Han’s
father feels indignant over the sudden death of his son. He feels that his son
has died needlessly. He told Wanbao that he has already sought a lawyer to sue
TTSH for negligence:



Yong Han, the only child in the family, fell ill on Wednesday (22 May) with a
high fever. He then went to TTSH’s emergency department the next day (23 May,
Thu) and was diagnosed with viral fever. However, he was given Panadol tablets
and sent home. He was told to see a doctor in 3 days’ time, or to return if his
condition worsened.

However his condition did not improve and he returned to TTSH in the wee
hours of Friday (24 May). The mother, Mdm Yap, told the media that after waiting
for 5 hours, he left to go to a general practitioner near his home.

But TTSH said he arrived at 3am and was seen by a nurse within 5 minutes but
he still didn’t get to see a doctor after waiting for more than 2 hours. The
hospital said he approached a nurse at 5.18am to cancel his registration, and
left.

Around Saturday midnight (25 May) and in the early hours of Sunday (26 May),
Yong Han came back to TTSH with fever, body aches and vomiting and was finally
admitted to TTSH. He was later transferred to the Communicable Diseases Centre
(CDC).

He died three days later (29 May, Wed) of dengue shock syndrome.

When the family asked whether Yong Han could have been saved if he had been
admitted to hospital earlier, Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, head of
infectious diseases at TTSH, said that his condition deteriorated on Monday, and
it would not have made any difference if he had been admitted to the hospital a
day or two earlier.



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