Govt to pay boy RM9.45mil for brain damage suffered at birth

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The government did not take its case to the Federal Court after losing its appeal on quantum in the Court of Appeal.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/14/govt-to-pay-boy-rm9-45mil-for-brain-damage-suffered-at-birth/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NegligenceSuit #CourtOfAppeal #GovernmentHospital

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00:00The government is obliged to pay RM9.45 million in damages and costs to a boy who suffered

00:07brain damage at birth.

00:09This comes after the government failed to challenge the Court of Appeal ruling when

00:13the 30-day deadline expired on October 25th.

00:17The sum awarded is believed to be the highest handed down by a Malaysian court in a medical

00:22negligence suit filed involving a government hospital.

00:26On September 25th, the Court of Appeal dismissed the government's appeal to reduce the RM7.6

00:32million award by the Penang High Court and instead increased the sum to RM9.45 million.

00:39In 2014, the boy's mother was admitted to the Penang General Hospital for irregular

00:43uterine contractions while being 37 weeks pregnant.

00:47Three days later, the baby in utero suffered fetal distress but the doctors delayed in

00:52delivering the baby.

00:54The plaintiff contended that the excessive delay caused the child, now 10 years old,

00:58to suffer irreversible hypoxic brain damage.

01:02Natasha Buzd, FMT News.

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