Friday, November 14, 2008

Careless Treatment and Medical Negligence- Episode 1

It is the fourteenth day in October, the expiry date being at school in this year, after a hundred and ninety consecutive days of schooling. And here am I in my study, working out a schedule for the long vocation, substantiating myself for the coming year. Unloading the niggling discomfort on administrative matter, I begin with the idea of renovating, rejuvenating, resurrecting, resurging, repairing, recuperating or reviving- I don't know which word to use, my blog. It seems wrong, cos I was invariably busy at this particular time, conducting night class. But now, I am unwittingly dying in the river of time, fighting for the started-dwindling time, trying to fill in my holiday with some practical experience.

Looking back the previous week, lots of thing happened and I really forget how the tiring time had worn me out since I was so busy weaving between the “family” and the school stuff simultaneously. It was my aunt. Apart from the school stuff, my time was being occupied with her suffering time she has been facing these few weeks. She wants to sue a government hospital for his grandson. Why? That's the story I want to talk about. As we cut to the chase, you should read this first.

男嬰右手染菌恐殘廢‧疑醫生疏忽‧家屬討公道

  • 鄧翔杰的右手臂手術後留下一個大洞。(圖:星洲日報)

  • 剛出世的鄧翔杰。(圖:星洲日報)













  • 林錦勝(左)向葉瑞鳳瞭解情況,後者:馬華勞勿區會副主席拿督蔡兆生。(圖:星洲日報)













(彭亨‧勞勿)疑是醫生疏忽,男嬰右手受細菌感染,或導致手部失去部份功能。

(彭亨‧勞勿)武吉公滿新村一名剛滿月的男嬰右手不幸遭細菌侵蝕,家人懷疑是醫生或醫務人員疏忽所造成,要求衛生部介入調查。

這名剛在週六(11月8日)滿月的嬰孩鄧翔杰,10月9日在國大醫院出世因為有黃疸病跡象,4天後在勞勿醫院打點滴。

右手背化濃不斷啼哭

翔杰的外婆葉瑞鳳表示,2天後外孫從勞勿醫院回家不久就一直哭,右手背也有化濃的跡象。

葉瑞鳳指出,女婿和女兒因孩子不斷啼哭,23日向勞勿一家私人醫生咨詢之後,隔日包車把孩子帶到雪州一家專科醫院進行檢驗,負責醫生在檢查了檢驗報告之後,表示孩一切正常,並說孩可能肚子漲風,吃點止痛藥就沒有事,要家人到藥房買藥給孩服食。

葉瑞鳳說,雖然如此,翔杰還是一直哭個不停,右手也不能動彈。

“在30日,翔杰的手臂紅腫,我們在友人的介紹之下,馬上把他送到鷹閣醫院,醫生說他的右手傷口受到葡萄蟲菌感染,蔓延到手臂,必須馬上進行手術,手術在31日成功進行。

醫生指出,所幸我們及時把他送醫,不然細菌攻心之後很果更為嚴重。基於細菌已侵蝕手骨,醫生要我們作出心理準備,翔杰的左右手可能出現長短不一的現象,或是右手不能作180度的轉動。”

“手術完成之後,翔杰也活潑起來,不再整天大哭。想到之前他要承受巨大的痛楚,家人感到痛心異常。”

葉瑞鳳:要求衛生部介入調查

葉瑞鳳說,鷹閣醫院醫生沒有直言細菌感染起因,只說由傷口處入侵體內,家人因此懷疑是打點滴時受到感染。

她和家人也對一家專科醫院醫生的檢驗和報告產生置疑,並要求衛生部長拿督廖中萊調查,到底是那裡出了問題,以還孩一個公道。

鄧翔杰目前在鷹閣醫院留醫,估計需要進行6週的抗生素治療,醫藥費每日400至500令吉。

林錦勝:將要求廖中萊關注

馬華勞勿區會主席拿督斯里林錦勝到葉瑞鳳住家訪問時指出,廖中萊將在週一(11月10日)回國,他將會親自再次要求廖中萊要求關注此事,並安排他和翔杰家人會面以瞭解真正情況。

“我已經把事情始未向廖中萊進行反映,疏忽事件在於醫院,我們相信廖中萊會認真給予關注。

鄧維祥:盼取獲調查報告

鄧翔杰的父親鄧維祥(技工)希望得到公平的調查報告,也希望孩子能夠康复。

鄧維祥和太太蔡文慧在今年4月份結婚,10月9日誕下翔杰。

他說,初為人父,自己希望看到孩子健康成長,可是如今卻面對孩子可能會手部殘障的問題,令他對政府醫院大失信心。

翔杰需要每隔數日進行血液檢驗,媽媽蔡文慧目前在鷹閣醫院陪伴和照顧他。

另一方面,《星洲日報》記者聯絡勞勿醫院院長卡瑪里亞,下午7時截稿時無法和她取得聯系。

星洲日報‧2008.11.10

And yes, that is my aunt. I can simply say that the tranquility of her life has unexpectedly broken into overwhelming shooting and this loquacious workaholic little by little turns out to be a reserved, taciturn person, reticent about answering questions. In contrast, her family becomes much more interesting to people. Gosh, what happened to all those chameleonic protagonist and antagonist in this full-blown story- Doctors, Specialist, MCA and DAP; Official Visiting, Fundrasing, Reporting, all the orthodox professional name, suddenly emerging in tandem from every nook and cranny, spouting their opinion, influxing and permeating their circle.

I am not sure about these people's intention but it is too much giddy, mathematically speaking. And all this back and forth, I am so tired of it. I believe that the baby was the most innocent person in this endless squabble. Please, I really mean it. How important for a baby at age of month to grasp a piece of justice at the same time he is surviving the very first difficult time in life on his own. Don't you think he is too young to bear on it? I'm just going to cross my fingers and hope that he will be getting well soon.
So everybody, quite please!!! Looking around, I don't really know what they are thinking about. As the drama is ready to be unraveled, it requires, inter alia, a complaint letter to pave the way for their ultimate protest. And my "paramount duty" for the time being is to unfold the letter.

To be continued......