Mother grateful after court awards RM12.19mil to cerebral palsy child
MELAKA: An eight-year legal battle by a mother seeking justice for her daughter, who suffered severe brain damage during birth, ended with the Ayer Keroh High Court awarding RM12.19 million in damages.
Melaka: After an eight-year legal battle, a mother received justice for her daughter with severe brain damage. Noraisah Ali, 42, expressed gratitude as the Ayer Keroh High Court awarded RM12.19 million in damages to her eight-year-old child, Hanan Qaireen Mohd Sukri, who suffers from spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Noraisah and her husband, Mohd Sukri Mahat, 46, filed the lawsuit after their daughter suffered severe brain damage during birth at a government hospital on February 18, 2018.
She recounted her harrowing experience, noting that she sought medical attention on February 17, 2018, due to bleeding and that her cervix was only two centimetres dilated upon admission. The prolonged labor resulted in oxygen deprivation for Hanan, leading to her emergency birth shortly after midnight. Hanan, unable to breathe on her own, required constant oxygen support.
She has struggled with limited mobility, speech, seizures, and scoliosis from a young age, necessitating full-time care and lifelong treatment. Noraisah emphasized that her daughter's condition still requires extensive support, and the RM12.19 million awarded by the court is deemed sufficient to meet Hanan's ongoing needs.
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