1. ) Bukit Tinggi Hospital Sdn Bhd 2. ) Dr Prashanth Nambiar a/l Padmanabhan v 1. ) Navin Sharma a/l Karam Chand 2. ) Saroop Rampal a/p Hardyal Rampal

Case Significance

1. ) Bukit Tinggi Hospital Sdn Bhd 2. ) Dr Prashanth Nambiar a/l Padmanabhan ... is a Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) decision dated September 22, 2025 (citation: b-02ncvcw-1482-09-2023). <p>The estate administrators of a deceased patient sued Bukit Tinggi Hospital and a doctor for medical negligence, with the High Court awarding damages including RM100,000 for pain and suffering, RM176,280 for dependency, and RM700,000 in aggravated damages. The Court of Appeal reduced pain and suffering to RM50,000 (the patient suffered for only 24 hours), set aside the dependency claim for lack of proof, and set aside the aggravated damages award finding it could not be claimed by the estate f The panel comprised Ahmad Kamal bin Md. Shahid, Azimah binti Omar and S. Nantha Balan a/l E.s. Moorthy, with S. Nantha Balan a/l E.s. Moorthy delivering the judgment. Counsel appearing: Amos Siew Yih Jhien (counsel for appellant), Karthi Kanthabalan (counsel for respondent), Manmohan Singh Dhillon (counsel for respondent), Navpreet Kaur (counsel for respondent), Nicole Bor Wen Shen (counsel for appellant).