A 22-year-old man receives RM7.4 million in damages after medical negligence at a government hospital resulted in the amputation of his left hand and right leg.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has awarded RM7.4 million in damages to a youth for medical negligence that led to the amputation of his left hand and right leg.
Judge Datuk Su Tiang Joo granted 22-year-old K. Vimal Raj RM6.4 million, with the bulk allocated for purchasing robotic arms and a prosthetic leg.
The court also awarded RM213,000 for pain and suffering resulting from the amputations Vimal underwent.
Additionally, RM180,000 was granted for home care and RM20,000 in aggravated damages.
Vimal and his father J. Krishnasamy, 51, were awarded RM200,000 in legal costs.
However, Justice Su disallowed Krishnasamy’s claim for loss of earnings due to lack of documentary evidence.
The plaintiffs filed their suit in 2020 through Messrs AJ Ariffin Yeo & Harpal, naming the Health Ministry, a government hospital, 12 doctors and the Government of Malaysia as defendants.
On July 22, 2024, both parties entered into a consent judgment on liability, admitted by the government as the sixth defendant.