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Nurses and other hospital staff do end up being victims too. — MIMS I injured my thumb several weeks ago and have been undergoing regular physiotherapy sessions. During my last visit to the hospital, I was joined by a nurse, in her 30s, who works at the same hospital. She underwent a surgery to correct carpal tunnel syndrome recently. Carpal tunnel syndrome is common among nurses. Carpal tunnel syndrome - involves the compression of the median nerve and leads to pain, numbness or weakness of the wrist and hand. - Women are three times more likely than men to have the condition. - In 2010, about eight out of every 100,000 full time hospital workers had work-related carpal tunnel syndrome that was severe enough to require days away from work, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. A research titled ' Occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome among nurses in medical ' by UKM's Anuar Ithnin, Dinnee Kong and Saraswathy Venkataraman, published ...

Haresh Says as published in The Malay Mail today. Does the act of signing a consent form prior to surgery automatically absolves the liability of a doctor or medical institution? More importantly, is the consent of a spouse also required in such circumstances? Two recent cases in the High Court — Gurmit Kaur Jaswant Singh v Tung Shin Hospital & Anor, and Abdul Razak Datuk Abu Samah v Raja Badrul Hisham Raja Zezeman Shah & Ors — come to mind. While the facts in both cases differ, the learned judges looked into the duty of care owed to the patients, and if there was a need to explain the nature of the risks to the next of kin. It also looked at the dependence of the patients — despite being of right sounding mind — on their spouses. In the case of Gurmit Kaur, the plaintiff was admitted for the removal of a fibroid. She signed a consent form, but claimed her husband was not called in for the signing. In the follow-up appointment, the plaintiff was shocked to le...