Thursday, July 31, 2008

NST online 26/07/2008

baby's death : family blames doctor..

This incident occured in ipoh. The baby was born early tuesday morning and discharged on wednesday morning. After returned home one hour,the 2-day-old baby girl screaming and gasping for breath. The family took her to hospital and arrived about 10.30p.m. The paediatrician attended to the baby at 11p.m. and said that the baby's condition was serious. The baby's family wanted to take the baby to general hospital but noticed that the intensive care unit was full. At 6.30p.m. on thursday,the machines were not longer recording the baby's vital signs. The doctor denied the baby was died until her family threatened to take the baby to raja permaisuri bainun hospital. The unlucky baby was declared dead at 7.40p.m. on thursday by the paediatrician who recorded septicaemia as the cause of death.

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