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?
