Singapore, Jan. 20 -- Changi General Hospital (CGH) has been ordered to pay the estate of Ms Noor Azlin Abdul Rahman $326,620, as well as interest at 5.33 per cent, plus legal costs of $105,000 for the delay in diagnosis that led to a relapse of her lung cancer and death at age 39.
She died five weeks after the Court of Appeal ruled in her favour in 2019. Her estate sought $13.46 million in damages, while CGH said the amount based on evidence should be $20,800.
Ms Noor Azlin had gone for treatment at CGH and X-rays of her lungs were taken in 2010 and 2011.
Both times, the radiologist recommended follow-up consultation. But this did not happen.
By the time she was again referred to the hospital by a doctor from Raffles Medical Clinic...