SINGAPORE: An elderly woman was recovering in hospital after surgery for a broken leg when she fell and fractured the other.
A district court earlier dismissed Mdm Pappa's claim, but the High Court on Wednesday allowed her appeal against the dismissal. She also said the hospital and its employees failed to know that she would not have been able to sit in the chair for a prolonged period of time, without feeling pain.NUHSG said Mdm Pappa's breakfast had been served while she was seated on the bed.Ms Hou had seen Mdm Pappa seated in the chair when she entered the room, and left her there as she appeared comfortable.
The district judge had relied on the patient care assistant's evidence that Mdm Pappa was on"minimum assistance" at the time, meaning she could"transfer but not stable". As she was recovering from surgery and sitting on an unsuitable chair - for the first time - there was a reasonably foreseeable risk that she would suffer discomfort or pain, or not be adequately supported.Ms Hou, the staff nurse, had recorded Mdm Pappa's pain score as"0" just a few minutes after she fell and broke her femur and was crying in pain.
Ass luck
My belief is she thought she could make it to the bed herself but otherwise ..
Why the naming of nurse in charge? It’s almost a guilty until proven innocent in the jury of social media. cna is irresponsible in doing so