Summary:
A Hong Kong man has sued a Singapore doctor due to a misleading operation consent form. The Hong Kong man named Mr Li has claimed that the doctor who was responsible, Mr Looi had performed an additional operation without his consent. Mr Li had suffered severe injuries on his right hand due to a case of robbery in Hong Kong. As Mr Li's friend had recommended Mr Li to seek consultation from Mr Looi, who was supposed to be a Specialist in the field, Mr Li went to his clinic. Mr Looi said that Mr Li would have to go through a 'simple operation', and would make the scar on his right hand smaller. After the operation, Mr Li said that his condition got worse, his fingers felt numbness, loss their sensation and then he became unable to stretch his fingers. Therefore, Mr Li decided to sue Mr Looi, as he claims that the operation was carried out without his consent, and also making his before operation condition turn for the worse instead of for the better.
Comments:
Operations should be carried out only if the patient seeks consent to it. Also, patients should be more wary to know about what they are signing before they sign the consent form which means agreeing to the operation. Since Mr Li's friend recommended Mr Looi, Mr Looi should have been a great doctor, it is shocking to see how an operation would ruin his future and might also take away his doctor's license. Being a doctor is tough, one wrong mistake and it might ruin someone's life.
-Melissa
103421A
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