Family awarded £1.82m after doctor left bleeding woman to ‘go for a drink’
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Thursday, the High Court in Klang ruled that the two doctors, Muniandi Shanmugam and Akambaram Ravi, as well as three nurses on duty were guilty of medical negligence which led to the woman’s death. Mohan gave birth at around 10.30am local time under the care of Dr Ravi and the nurses showed the baby to Mohan’s family while she remained in the delivery room, according to court documents. The family told the court Dr Shanmugam, who owns the clinic, was seen leaving the delivery room and the two left Mohan under the care of the three nurses. The court asked the two doctors to pay the family nearly RM6 million in damages, including RM1m each for Mohan’s two children.
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