Damages awarded in tainted blood transfusion case upheld


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the award of RM846,000 in damages to an accident victim who was provided with HIV-infected blood during a transfusion in 2005.

Justice Datuk Alizatul Khair Osman Khairuddin, who chaired a three-man panel, held that the Kinta Medical Centre (KMC) had failed to comply with a reasonable standard of care in screening blood to detect HIV.

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