Family of woman in vegetative state sues NUH, neurosurgeon

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The family of a woman who is in a permanent vegetative state following surgery to remove a brain tumour has sued the National University Hospital (NUH) and its most senior neurosurgeon for at least $2.5 million in damages. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of Madam Goh Guan...

Dr Yeo and the two neurosurgeons who were in the team concluded that there was a bleed in the brainstem.

Madam Goh has been hospitalised at NUH since. Her family blames Dr Yeo and the hospital for allegedly causing her to suffer irreversible brain damage. Dr Yeo's lawyer, Mr Lek Siang Pheng, listing the timings at which Madam Goh's vital signs were taken, argued that she was adequately monitored. It was Dr Ho, who was undergoing cataract surgery three days before Madam Goh's operation, who asked Dr Yeo to perform the surgery, said Mr Lek.TEAM-BASED SYSTEM

 

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