On 20th November 2023, My father was admitted to UNICU HKL due to lack of oxygen, private hospitals cannot check him in because he is a transplant patient and he has records in Government's HKL

Due to this we are forced to admit him into HKL, 3 days later after admittance, hospital announce that they have detected a CAT5 COVID confirmed within his system, hence moved him into Isolated UNICU for personal nurse to monitor him.
His oxygen levels are improving slowly at around 90-95, as he's still awake and able to do minimal activities.

On the 3rd of December, his COVID was confirmed by doctor to be no more. But he must remain in UNICU (High Dependency ICU) for further monitoring due to post COVID effect still linger around.

5th December, a doctor written a transfer letter to have him transferred from a High Dependency ICU Ward to a Normal Ward in Institut Perubatan Respirasi (IPR) at 6PM, he arrived there by 6:30PM being placed on a normal ward along with other patients.

He was doing well on same day at 11PM we last checked with him, until later at 3:30AM, we received a call from the doctor there that he has breathing difficulties, asking all of us as a family to get there as soonest.

The time we reach there, almost 4AM on the clock, he's already laying there, lifeless.

We asked the doctor why won't they inform us sooner to allow us exchange a few more words before his passing, doctor then informed us his actual passing time is 3:10AM.

Prayers and Post Mortem is under way..



So the question is :

On the scenario above, can we hire a lawyer to sue either the hospital or the doctor in charge who transferred him for negligence.

As we believe that if he remained in UNICU with a personal nurse monitoring him, he would still be alive and well. We are very disappointed where the doctor who transferred him did not remark that this patient requires High Dependency Ward for close monitoring.

The patient was transferred there but only lasted 7 hours due to breathing difficulty and passed away without being monitored closely.


That being said, Please advise, because us as a family are unable to accept this.

This post has been edited by adamfoo90: Dec 6 2023, 09:04 PM

Rip to your father

sorry to hear your father passing

covid is everywhere now and no longer under control

RIP uncle..

Can see the letter that issue by that doctor,
On what reason he transfer you father to normal ward….
Btw rip….

My father before mco also pass away at kpj,
By the time my family member arrive,
He already flat line….
Doctor say already perform emergency rescue for almost 1 hours so we tell doctor to just let he go….

RIP but you need to wait for the post mortem report before can do anything i guess

you need to have more that this to be successful

very unlikely unless you have anything solid, hire a third party for post mortem is a good start

My condolences for your loss.

Did the doctor explain how this happens?
Because like you said your dad was indeed already stable at 11am, but things just got worsen in very short time.

Maybe what your dad experienced is a surge before death.

Before this I thought Cat5 covid already had permanent damage to lung.

Life is impermanent and many things happen without our control.

Condolences.

From 11PM, he was okay, and all he does was sleeping, but as you know. Normal ward will not be monitored often by the nurse or doctors in charge

He never experience such incident during his stay at UNICU

Being less than 7 hours in the new hospital, he passed..

This post has been edited by adamfoo90: Dec 6 2023, 09:17 PM

My condolence to your family for your lost. Mind me asking, your late dad's age? Covid before this? If yes, at which year?

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Dec 6 2023, 09:31 PM

Age 60, this Covid is his first.

My condolences. I would suggest you consult a real lawyer, not to say you can't ask here, but this is a forum and anyone can say anything.

Sorry to hear about your father's passing.

My condolences.

Was he vaccinated before?

RIP and my condolences to you

However, i dont see how is this negligence
Since you yourself mentioned your father was okay at 11PM, means the doctor was right

Things like cardiac arrest, difficulty breathing can be sudden. Cant predict

But again, I'm not expert. Better dont ask these things in public forum

Condolences to you and your family.

Covid is still around.

Take good care of yourself and family.

RIP

Yes

I’m no lawyer but professions like doctor and auditors have professional indemnity to protect them

What do you expect to get out from this?