Husband awarded over RM735k for wife's death by negligence at Hospital KL


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KUALA LUMPUR: The husband of the former assistant director of Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) has been awarded RM735,596 in damages for the death by negligence of his wife four years ago - at HKL itself.

Datuk Stanley Isaacs, the former head of prosecution at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, was awarded RM500,000 in aggravated damages and RM140,000 in general damages by Judicial Commissioner Aliza Sulaiman of the High Court here.

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