Family of woman in vegetative state after brain operation sues NUH, head neurosurgeon

SINGAPORE: The family of a woman who fell into a vegetative state after a brain operation is suing National University Hospital and its head neurosurgeon over their alleged medical negligence.

Instead, the doctors, led by Dr Yeo, inserted an external ventricular drain to drain the fluid that had accumulated in Mdm Goh's brain to relieve pressure and stop further damage from her brain swelling. Mdm Goh's lawyers said that earlier clinical intervention of the blood clot would have prevented her vegetative state, and that an earlier CT scan would have revealed"an active, rapidly growing bleed" in her brain.

The hospital, represented by Senior Counsel Kuah Boon Theng and her team from Legal Clinic LLC, said in its opening statement that it accepts that"the post-operative complication had been devastating for the plaintiff and her family", but maintain that"it was not the result of any negligence on the part of its surgeons or staff".

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