December 2, 2005
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BLOODY PRIVATE HOSPITAL in Malaysia
i know this is another long story,but read it.
Apparently the parents of the murdered son is connnected to Msia Deputy PM and also our PM.
how could the hospital insists money 1st? then treatment.
Hope the parents sue the hospital!Taken from other blog:
“The story was appaling. The whole thing got even worse when it was
revealed that the young man’s family were quite well connected. That
little fact made the story even MORE news worthy, and the buzz was
fantastic.I am betting my bottom dollar that the entire board of the medical
centre in question are worried sick. Some of them might be checking
into their own facilities for high blood pressure or hypertension. They
should be. In fact they should be more than worried. They should be
afraid. Very afraid.That’s because Malaysians now have a target to vent their
frustrations on, and they are heaping angst on this case in avalanches.
I just got back from dinner and some friends I met were all talking
about this latest public sensation. A bright young lad from an elite
well connected family, with the very best of education and what seems
like a very bright future, had succumbed to his injury, and as he lay
bleeding and in need of medical surgery, the medical centre instead
reportedly waited for a sum of money to be paid.Add to it the fact that the centre was run by a medical group
heavily invested in by Singaporeans, and what we have is a national
powder keg of unbridled anger against private medical institutions,
whose fees are beyond many Malaysians. The same Malaysians who are fed
up at being yelled at and treated with disdain at public hospitals.But are all private hospitals merely interested in your money, and do not have an ounce of humanity in them?
Morocco holiday plan with son dashed
FADHAL ILAHI ABD GHANI
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30:
The parents of Khairul Anuar Salim had been looking forward to having their son with them for the holidays in Morocco.
Salim Manap, a research officer in the Prime
Minister’s Department, and his wife, Hapipah Ab Latif, were waiting for
him to complete his A-Level examinations. The day after the exams, he
was to take a flight to Morocco to be with his parents.But that was not to be.
Salim, 53, and Hapipah, 52, could not even attend their son’s funeral
after he was murdered outside a petrol station in Taman Muda, Cheras,
last Saturday night.The parents arrived late on Monday night. Their flight was delayed for seven hours at Casablanca.
They gave their approval to relatives here to go ahead with the funeral
which was held on Monday afternoon at the Kiara Muslim cemetery.“My darling youngest son,” Hapipah cried when speaking to The Malay Mail yesterday.
Her husband stood silently by her, fighting back his tears.
“He wanted so much to be a chemical engineer. We worked hard to allow
him to realise his dreams. Now all that is shattered,” the mother said,Khairul, who turned 18 last month, was doing his A-Levels at an
international school in Damansara. He was to further his studies at the
Nottingham University in Britain.“Our son had lots of friends and no known enemies. He was just at the
wrong place at the wrong time. He was being the perfect gentleman by
protecting the girl. And he was killed for that.”Khairul was with a friend outside the petrol station while two of his cousins went into the mini-market to buy a phone card.
Two men on a motorcycle confronted the couple and started teasing the girl.
Khairul, who speaks very little Bahasa Malaysia as he had spent his
entire schooling life in international schools, chided the men in
English.This angered the duo and one of them slashed him with what is believed
to be a sickle. Khairul succumbed to his injuries some two hours later
at a private hospital.Hapipah said the last time they spoke to Khairul was on Oct 28
which was his 18th birthday. “He told us he missed spending his
birthday and Hari Raya with us.”Salim, 53, said Khairul was an obedient son.
The interview was held at the house in Taman Tun Dr Ismail about
1pm. Midway through the interview, Datuk Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, dropped by to visit the
family.Rosmah told reporters that Khairul and her daughter were classmates at the international school in Damansara.
Rosmah’s daughter is doing her A-Levels in London and it was she who informed her mother about Khairul’s death on Monday night.
Rosmah broke down several times while speaking to Khairul’s parents. She hugged Hapipah and consoled her.
Police, meanwhile, said they are still trying to identify the two suspects on the motorcycle.
All they have now is that the two are believed to be Kelantanese.
Ampang Jaya CID chief Deputy Superintendent Radin Roslan Radin Shuadi
said they are still studying the tape from the closed-circuit cameras
at the petrol station to get a better description of the suspects.Radin urged witnesses to come forward to help police in the investigations.
Those with information can contact the Ampang Jaya police at 03-42522222.
Unhappy with hospital service
Sallehuddean Latiff, the uncle of Khairul, feels his nephew could have
been saved if doctors at a private hospital attended to him immediately.“They wanted me to pay a deposit of RM5,000, saying his injuries were
serious. I was not carrying so much money on me at that time,” he said.“They did not want to admit him until I paid the deposit, not even when I pointed out that this was an emergency.”
Sallehuddean said he pleaded with the hospital staff but they would not budge.
He then returned to Khairul’s house in TTDI to pick up his grandmother.
“When I returned 30 minutes later, Khairul was still not treated. I had
an argument with the hospital staff and when his condition worsened,
they took him into the operation theatre.“He was only treated an hour after he was taken to the hospital.”
Sallehuddean said a doctor came out an hour later and told the family that Khairul could not be saved.
He claimed the hospital did not want to release his body until the bill was settled.
The family paid RM4,800.
