Parents seeking $3.3m from psychiatrist, IMH in medical negligence suit over son’s suicide

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In a lawsuit seeking an estimated $3.3 million in damages, the parents of a 31-year-old man who took his own life have accused two psychiatrists of being negligent in treating their son, which they say led to his suicide. Mr Steven Joseph Arokiasamy, 67, and Madam Tan Kin...

Mr Steven and Madam Tan, who are separately represented by Mr V. K. Rai and Mr Anil Balchandani, contended that as a result of Mr Salvin’s death, they both suffered from persistent complex bereavement disorder and could no longer work.

They said Mr Salvin began showing symptoms of psychosis, such as hearing voices or believing that people were plotting against him. Dr Kandasami took over Mr Salvin’s care in August 2016, after he was sentenced to a one-year mandatory treatment order for the assault. There was a lack of overt and persistent psychotic symptoms supporting a diagnosis of schizophrenia, he said.

 

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