I'm guilty of this also: passing judgement based on one side of the story. I recently wrote that Khairul could have been saved if the doctors in Pantai Cheras Medical Center had reacted faster to the situation. It was easy to believe that the big-bad-rich mega corp had once again done wrong to the tiny little common man. I was parroting the news in the papers and i delivered a judgement based on what i read.
The hospital has just released a statement that throws a different light on the story:
He said Khairul was immediately wheeled to the back of the registration counter into the ED resuscitation bay. "The medical officer, Dr T. Shan, and a surgeon, were already there as they had been waiting for another case. So, Khairul was attended to immediately as his condition was deemed to be of a more urgent nature," he said.
via Malay Mail
His injuries were severe, an adominal aorta had been punctured. He was bleeding out, and in shock. Depending on how long he had been bleeding before he made it to the hospital, there is a chance that there was nothing the hospital could have done to save him. There is only so much blood a person can lose before there is no turning back, and all doctors will tell you that a punctured major artery is almost a certain killer depending on the severity and elapsed time of the puncture..
I feel for the family, but honestly, there is very little merit in his word against the doctors in a medical matter.
Sallehuddean Latif, the uncle of Khairul, maintains his nephew could have been saved if doctors at the Hospital Pantai Indah had attended to him immediately.
via Malay Mail.
How would he know how severe the injury was? He isn't a doctor. For all we know, it could have already been too late.
If this case goes any further than it already has, it'll be settled out of court. I think hospitals have funds for situations such as these; eventhough there may be no way to prove the accusations against them, they can do without the negative publicity. The family will probably be advised by their lawyer, if things stand as they have been reported, that the case is unwinnable, a case of their word against ours, to accept a settlement.
Khairul's case is a tragedy, but the real criminals in it have yet to be caught.
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