Assunta Hospital should provide the parents of
deceased teenager G Tinasha with the full medical report, said Health
Minister Dr S Subramaniam.
“It is their right,” he stressed, adding that it was normal procedure to provide a thorough report on what had transpired.
Tinasha's parents blamed the private hospital for their 14-year-old daughter’s death, claiming that the medical staffs were negligent in treating her.
They also claimed that the hospital refused to furnish them with the medical report because of the media blitz.
However, the Petaling Jaya-based hospital had denied the allegations.
Subramaniam said that he had already directed the Private Practice Control Unit (UKAPS) to investigate the case and is awaiting their report.
“I have instructed UKAPS to call up Assunta Hospital and do a thorough investigation to see whether there is actually any lapse in the way they handled the case.
“That process is going on now and I have not got the final report of the investigation yet,” he added.
Alleged discrepancies
The health minister said UKAPS would be looking into the matter of alleged discrepancies between the medical report given to the parents and the one sent to the insurance company.
“There is a difference in the reports which were given. We will also handle that in the investigation.
“If at all we find that the reports were purposely doctored, then we will take action,” he added.
Two police reports against the hospital have been lodged and the family plans to file another over the medical reports.
The family claimed that the report given to them only contained the chronology of events from the time Tinasha was admitted to the hospital up till her death, five days later.
According to the family, the report that was handed over to the insurance company was more detailed, which included medical specialist’s reports.
However, Subramaniam also took a swipe at Tinasha’s parents for posting their grouses on Facebook before lodging an official complaint with the ministry.
“The public sometimes think that when they post about an issue on Facebook, it has already been reported.
“So this particular case became viral on Facebook, but officially they (the parents) did not come to report (to us),” he said.
Assunta Hospital has strenuously denied that their medical staffs were negligent in treating Tinasha.
“It is their right,” he stressed, adding that it was normal procedure to provide a thorough report on what had transpired.
Tinasha's parents blamed the private hospital for their 14-year-old daughter’s death, claiming that the medical staffs were negligent in treating her.
They also claimed that the hospital refused to furnish them with the medical report because of the media blitz.However, the Petaling Jaya-based hospital had denied the allegations.
Subramaniam said that he had already directed the Private Practice Control Unit (UKAPS) to investigate the case and is awaiting their report.
“I have instructed UKAPS to call up Assunta Hospital and do a thorough investigation to see whether there is actually any lapse in the way they handled the case.
“That process is going on now and I have not got the final report of the investigation yet,” he added.
Alleged discrepancies
The health minister said UKAPS would be looking into the matter of alleged discrepancies between the medical report given to the parents and the one sent to the insurance company.
“There is a difference in the reports which were given. We will also handle that in the investigation.
“If at all we find that the reports were purposely doctored, then we will take action,” he added.
Two police reports against the hospital have been lodged and the family plans to file another over the medical reports.
The family claimed that the report given to them only contained the chronology of events from the time Tinasha was admitted to the hospital up till her death, five days later.
According to the family, the report that was handed over to the insurance company was more detailed, which included medical specialist’s reports.
However, Subramaniam also took a swipe at Tinasha’s parents for posting their grouses on Facebook before lodging an official complaint with the ministry.
“The public sometimes think that when they post about an issue on Facebook, it has already been reported.
“So this particular case became viral on Facebook, but officially they (the parents) did not come to report (to us),” he said.
Assunta Hospital has strenuously denied that their medical staffs were negligent in treating Tinasha.
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