9 Aug 2001
WONG HOI TANG ALEXANDER v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Citation
- WONG HOI TANG ALEXANDER v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI529/1996
The court found the Tung Wah Hospital regimen objectively reasonable and adequate for the plaintiff in a persistent vegetative state; the proposed alternatives (home care with later private hospital or lifelong private hospital care) were not reasonably necessary and were disproportionate in cost (estimated $30–40 million), so damages to fund those alternatives were refused. The court ordered the Defendant to continue providing all reasonable and necessary medical, nursing and ancillary care at no charge for life, including a private single room, medicines, equipment, physiotherapy and occupa…