Ex-Prolintas CEO’s estate awarded RM5.1mil damages over medical negligence

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High Court orders Pusat Pakar Tawakal Sdn Bhd and two doctors to bear the damages jointly and severally.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/06/07/ex-prolintas-ceos-estate-awarded-rm5-1mil-damages-over-medical-negligence/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/06/07/bekas-ceo-prolintas-dapat-ganti-rugi-rm5-1-juta-atas-kecuaian-perubatan/  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 #Damages #MedicalNegligence #BrainDamage

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00:00 The Kuala Lumpur High Court awarded RM5.1 million in damages to the estate of the former

00:06 CEO of Highway Operator Prolintas, who suffered brain damage after surgery at a private hospital.

00:13 Justice Arif Emran Arifin said the plaintiff had proven on a balance of probabilities that

00:18 Pusat Pakar Tawakkal Sundaran Berhad, an ear, nose and throat surgeon, and an anaesthetist

00:24 were liable for medical negligence.

00:26 According to the facts of the case, Zainuddin Abdul Qadir was admitted to the hospital on

00:31 February 22, 2016, and underwent nasal surgery four days later.

00:36 The surgery began at 5.45pm and ended at 8.05pm, with records indicating no untoward incident

00:43 during the procedure, but Zainuddin collapsed at 9.30pm.

00:47 The hospital's protocol said doctors must observe patients in the recovery bay for at

00:51 least an hour after the reversal of the anaesthesia before they are discharged to the ward, but

00:55 in Zainuddin's case, the process only lasted 25 minutes.

00:59 As the patient was still drowsy, the ENT surgeon intubated him in the esophagus instead of

01:04 the trachea, which led to the brain damage.

01:07 The suit was filed in 2018, but Zainuddin died in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic,

01:12 resulting in his wife Nur Rizam Abdul Wahab, the administrator of his estate, being substituted

01:17 as the plaintiff.

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