Indian-origin Singapore woman sues hospital after losing limbs

November 07, 2015 15:53

A 51-year-old Indian-origin Singapore woman has filed a lawsuit against a hospital here and its doctors, claiming 8.72 million dollars in damages after complications from a urological procedure caused amputation of her limbs.

Sarina Kaur has accused Singapore General Hospital and two of its doctors of going ahead with the procedure to treat recurrent urinary tract infection, even though she had tested positive for a type of bacteria.

She is suing them for about 8.72 million Singaporean dollars to cover costs, including the loss of future earnings and prostheses, media reports said today. Kaur has multiple sclerosis and has been receiving treatment at SGH since 1979.

She was admitted to SGH on November 20, 2012 for the procedure. After the procedure, she developed fever and low blood pressure.

Kaur later went into septic shock and her limbs turned gangrenous. She had her legs amputated at the knees in December, 2012, and lost her forearms in January, 2013.

Kaur also underwent three more procedures to remove "thread buried in the wound" at the amputation site on her left arm. She "suffered numerous surgeries and pain following the urological procedure when bacteria from the bladder spread and led to septicaemic shock", according to a medical report provided by her lawyer Jenson Lee.

The report also noted that she now has to rely on her domestic helper "to do the simplest of things", including answering her phone calls.

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