Nov 18, 2009
NUH sued for negligence
A cancer patient and the family of dead NSF each seek $500,000
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Cpl Derrick Peh was paralysed after a cardio-respiratory collapse following surgery on his shoulder in 2006. He died of pneumonia in July. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF PEH FAMILY
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THE National University Hospital (NUH) is being sued for $1 million by two parties claiming medical negligence on its part.
The first suit was filed by a 79-year- old cancer patient, who has alleged that a botched medical procedure required her to undergo open heart surgery later. She claims she is now unable to work as a result.
The second case has been taken out by the family of Derrick Peh, a national serviceman who became paralysed following surgery for a shoulder injury. Corporal Peh died of pneumonia on July 29 this year, three years and four months after the incident.
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Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
NUH sued for negligence
A cancer patient and the family of dead NSF each seek $500,000
<!-- by line -->By K.C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent
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THE National University Hospital (NUH) is being sued for $1 million by two parties claiming medical negligence on its part.
The first suit was filed by a 79-year- old cancer patient, who has alleged that a botched medical procedure required her to undergo open heart surgery later. She claims she is now unable to work as a result.
The second case has been taken out by the family of Derrick Peh, a national serviceman who became paralysed following surgery for a shoulder injury. Corporal Peh died of pneumonia on July 29 this year, three years and four months after the incident.
[email protected]
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
