Baby Lai Yok Shan has turned 1 yrs old already. She was the baby that lost her left arm due to a medical error.
"Yok Shan lost her left arm when it turned gangrenous and dropped off after a houseman at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) inserted an intravenous needle into a muscle instead of a blood vessel when the premature baby was placed in an incubator." - The Star
The government had initially proposed RM 60 000 as compensation to what had happened to the girls parents. The parents rejected it.
Is that amount acceptable to the loss of a human's full ability to live especially in this IT savvy world where there is an extensive use of computers?
She may have the potential to be a very outstanding person if it weren't for that impairment that has scarred her her whole life when she was actually born like any normal kid. I do not mean to offend people with such disabilies as not outstanding but as most people know the realities of life with a disability is not easy especially on this land.
Is the RM 60 000 sufficient for her to help her throughout her life-time?
That is unless the government will promise to provide non-monetary aid and basic necessities as well like food, shelter, education aid and health aid. Still, the amount is not enough to bare the high cost of living especially with the recent hike in petrol.
The family is tired and fed up that there is no more news about the compensation that they have asked for. Why is this taking so long when our government agencies are so called equipped with state-of- the art equipment and bragging about having staff who are graduates from top local universities?
The kid's parents are deffinitely concerned how they are going to support her, the baby's welfare and the compulsary compensation that they are trully entitled to. This is with consideration that the family are tax payers and adhering to the taxes emposed to them by the government.
This is trully sad to hear how citizens are being mistreated or should I say treated without respect when they are loyal to their king and country.
Where is the confidence level that we citizens should have for the government hospitals that are mushrooming in our country as a result of the governments perception of more talented and more locally trained medical practitioners in our country considering what has happened to this kid?
I hope the government will look into this seriously and rightfully grant the family the compensation that they deserve.
A suggestion would be instead of having more lavish banquets for open-house this year for Hari Raya and Hari Merdeka and God knows what, we should think of our fellow countrymen who are in greater need of help. I am sure that we can sacrifice the extra ketupat and rendang to fill up the stomachs of our already bloated statesmen.
