Singapore General Hospital apologises after Facebook user raises unhappiness over father's bruised hands: too late

We felt exploited by Singapore General Hospital (SGH) as we had put my father there in good faith but it turned out that the doctors were all junior residents who were incompetent and had used him as a guinea pig for their training/experiments while the senior doctor (Director) had turned a blind eye and refused all contact with us despite numerous request. He simply left my father in the hands of the resident doctors (respiratory dept) and his team. My father was staying in the A1 single room with all expenses fully chargeable and paid by us. His stay was certainly not on charitable grounds.

On 23rd Nov 2023, we were shocked to discover that my father’s left hand had numerous needle holes and looked bruised and swollen. My domestic helper who stayed in the room with him said that she had witnessed how the SGH staff have tried to collect blood by repeatedly inserting and removing the needle into various parts of my father’s hand as if they were figuring out which was the correct spot. This was the cause of all the holes and swell on his hand, apparently. When my sister enquired, the nurse replied that those procedures were administered by the doctor on duty and was not caused by the nurses themselves. They said they’ll check who was the doctor in charge then.

On 2nd Dec 2023, I was dumbfounded when I saw that my father’s right hand was all bruised and swollen. Upon checking with staff nurse, she said that it was the resident doctor who was responsible for the bruises. I then requested to see him immediately.The staff nurse spoke to him and said to wait as he would be available to meet soon after his rounds. 40 mins passed and when the doctor still hasn’t shown up,she ( staff nurse) called again to follow up. To my disbelief, she said that he had already left work as it was a Saturday. It is apparent that the resident doctor could not account for what he did and left the hospital when he knew I had expected an explanation.

How could SGH condone such acts of irresponsibility and incompetence amongst its doctors and nurses, allowing their senior doctors (Directors - Senior Doctor)to turn a blind eye and ignore us completely while their junior doctors were practicing on patients, treating them as guinea pigs. Rich or poor, every patient should be treated with dignity and respect. This unfortunate experience has definitely shattered all confidence we ever had of SGH.

Right hand with multiple insertion wounds : 2nd , 4th, 8th Dec 2023 (Days before his death on 10 Dec 2023)

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character of Tetsuya Yamagam

 Yamagami was described as a "totally normal" and seemingly "earnest" person by at least two people who had interacted with him, Kyodo News also reported.

He was hired through a dispatch agency in October 2020 to work at the freight department of a factory in Kyoto prefecture, the agency reported, citing an unnamed "former senior colleague".

The former colleague characterized Yamagami as someone who kept to himself.

"If it was work talk, he would respond, but he didn't go into his private life. He seemed mild-mannered," the former colleague said, according to Kyodo News. The former colleague added that Yamagami would "eat lunch alone in his car" and that "conversations with him never strayed beyond the topic at hand."

The former colleague said there had been no issues with Yamagami for the first six months of his employment, until he started to exhibit "gradual neglect" of work practices, according to Kyodo News Agency.

For the first six months, there were no issues with his attitude toward the job. However, cracks began to emerge, and his gradual neglect of work practices saw him increasingly being cautioned by coworkers. Earlier this year, a transportation firm urged him to observe their standard procedure of using cushioning material to protect the goods being carried, but Yamagami reportedly argued that his way of doing it was “also fine.” The company subsequently submitted a request for his removal from the role.

Long-time staff also criticized his methods, to which Yamagami would sometimes respond confrontationally.

In March, Yamagami started taking "unauthorized time off" and spoke of "heart issues" and other physical problems, despite having no previous issues with punctuality or attendance. His employment ended on May 15, the agency reported.

An unnamed employee at the dispatch agency who interviewed Yamagami for the job described him as "totally normal," but added that he "didn't say much" and "had a slightly gloomy sense to him," according to the Kyodo News Agency.

Less than two months later, Yamagami, who previously served for about three years in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, was arrested over the murder of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.

Speaking to the media, his former colleague could barely conceal his shock and condemned his actions as being against freedom of expression. “There were problems at work over what he did, but never once did it turn into violence. He didn’t seem the type to do something huge like this,” he said.

The dispatch company employee who originally interviewed Yamagami later delivered the news that his job was terminated. The employee described the suspect as someone who “didn’t say much and had a slightly gloomy sense to him but was totally normal,” asking, “why would he do something like this?”

jury didn't believe

 

• During an interview on "Today," Depp's lawyer said why he felt the jury didn't believe Amber Heard.
• "My sense is that it has a lot to do with accountability," Benjamin Chew said.
• "Johnny owned his issues," he added.

• On Wednesday, Johnny Depp's lawyers Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chew went on the "Today" show to talk about their client winning his defamation claim over his ex wife Amber Heard last week.

  When Savannah Guthrie asked the lawyers why the jury didn't believe Heard, they said it came down to one thing: "accountability."

  "My sense is that it has a lot to do with accountability," Chew told Guthrie. "Johnny owned his issues. He was very candid about his drug and alcohol issues. He was candid about some unfortunate texts that he wrote. And I think it was a sharp contrast to Ms. Heard, who didn't seem, or at least the jury may have perceived, that she didn't take accountability for anything."

• One of the major moments in the trial when Heard's accountability was questioned was when the actress took the stand and recounted a claim that Depp once pushed then-girlfriend Kate Moss down a flight of stairs in the 1990s.

  Recounting a fight she had with Depp in 2015, in which Heard said she hit Depp in the face, Heard said: "I don't hesitate. I don't wait. I instantly think of Kate Moss and the stairs and I swung at him."

  Later in the trial, Moss testified via video stream and denied that Depp ever pushed her down the stairs, rather that he came to assist her after she slipped.