I am concerned about the fact that the twins' death were reported to the State Coroner but no postmortems were conducted to find out why they died. Yes, the doctors @ RH said that the death was due to bleeding. But as long as there is no independent assessor or pathologist to assess how and why the bleeding occurred, this will be always be a point of contention.
How would you know that the death had nothing to do with the anaesthetic drugs which were administered almost continuously for about 24 hours. Unless a postmortem was done?
How would you know that there was no surgical mishap unless a postmortem was done? Surgical mishap occurs in the best of hands and in the best of centres. Now we have only the surgeon's word to fall back on.
This smacks of double standard.
My own Dad underwent a procedure to outline his heart arteries (an angiogram)and died suddenly soon after the procedure. Like the twins, his death was reported to the Coroner. And I was told that a postmortem was necessary to find out whether his death was due to the procedure or to his inherent heart condition. I pleaded, begged the Coroner not to cut my father up but our pleas went unheeded, of course.
We all know that the twins underwent a complicated surgery and yet no postmortems were deemed necessary. Does it help then that they are a high profile case or someone who commands the attention of the press? But then, the law should be applied equally to the well connected, or the famous, irrespective of creed or status in life without fear or favour and to the ordinary person on the street.
This smacks of double standard. Could someone please enlighten me?
maybe u can write in to the Straits Times and i am sure many of us also want to know more about this.
Taufiq a muslim?
Originally posted by Parka: