Over RM8mil awarded in childbirth negligence case

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has awarded more than RM8mil to a woman and her four-year-old daughter who suffered severe and irreversible brain damage during the child’s birth at a government hospital.

In the grounds of judgment issued on April 17, Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain made the decision after the government confirmed the admission of liability for the plaintiff’s claims with damages and costs.