HOSPITAL CEILING COLLAPSE, PATIENT HURT

HURT....Johnny’s head and leg injury.

THE RECENT incident that involving a large section of ceiling in the QE1 medical ward, where a large piece of concrete fell down and seriously hurt a patient who was in the ward.

The incident was not being published with great details, and the seriousness of the matter was not highlighted to the public, and the worst part was that the Director of Health and the KKM had not even commented on any thing concerning the incident that could have caused the life of the patient. The general public felt that this is the negligence on the part of the hospital management.

The injured patient from Menbakut is an unfortunate person being in the first place having his leg disability for two years now, and has to be taken care of by the wife in the hospital. The wife has to quit her job in order to take care of him full time in the hospital while having to take care of their children too.

It is real tough on her to do all this caring job. The friends of hers knew about the case of the falling concrete ceiling and hurting her husband seriously which was reported not disclosing with the details, and they approached the KK MP office for the help of the MP Hiew King Cheu to bring out the case to the notice of the hospital the KKM and for the public notice.

MP Hiew was told that on the 14th of July, at 11 am the patient Johnny Bin Kando (36) had been knocked on the head and received 4 stitches on top of the head and 5 stitches at the back of the head after a huge chunk of concrete fell down from the ceiling in the medical ward of QE1 in KK.

His legs were hurt with many scratches and cuts. He was resting on his bed at that time, and it was lucky that he was not killed. The family claims that the hospital should bear full responsibility towards this mishap and they should receive special care and attention. They don’t want to sustain more pain from the previous pain and hardship.

MP Hiew views this case as a full liability on the part of KKM and the hospital concern and in this case there should be a full inquiry and investigation to be conducted. The case should not be sweep under the carpet and be forgotten. He advised the family to take legal action against the KKM and the Director of Health Sabah for full compensation.

The incident signaled that the management of our hospitals in Sabah is really reflecting their slackness and inability to provide good services and a safe place for the patients.

How can the patients received more suffering and hurt due to the fault of the hospital? There were previous cases of malpractice and carelessness that caused serious injury, and even life lost as highlighted. The Director of Health should give the public an explanation and report on the matter. (DAP Media)