23 Nov 2009
WONG CHING HANG v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Citation
- WONG CHING HANG v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI587/2006
The court refused to strike out the plaintiff's expert comment on alternative treatment because the issue was relevant to the pleaded allegation that the tracheostomy was not in the patient's best interest and to the defendant's necessity defence; the comment constituted admissible evidential material rather than a new unpleaded cause of action, and any procedural prejudice could be cured by allowing the defendant leave to file evidence within a fixed period.