In Parliament on Tuesday , Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary said that the case of a woman, who had been, is now closed.
He had said then that she was taken to the maternity ward only two hours later, and when doctors checked on her condition, found the baby no longer had a heartbeat. In the aftermath, NUH also apologised, saying it “should have done more to provide closer monitoring and care” and that its processes would be reviewed “so that such incidents do not happen again”.
Dr Puthucheary told the House on Apr 5, “The couple has had discussions with the NUH team and the matter has since been closed between the two parties. The family had put up a social media post recently acknowledging this, and further acknowledged that the mother had not been left unattended for two hours.