Two complaints of medical blunders were made to the Hospital Authority's Public Complaints Committee yesterday.
Mok Ka-po, 54, died on July 7, two weeks after surgery for cancer of the tongue at Yan Chai Hospital.
He underwent surgery on June 24 but had breathing difficulties two days later and was sent to intensive care. He fell into a coma after three hours and later died.
'We were told by the two nurses that they did not hear any alarm from the [electrocardiograph] machine when my father's heart stopped,' said Mok's daughter, who refused to give her name.
She said the family was angry and disappointed the hospital had not given a thorough explanation of the circumstances of the death.
The hospital said it was sorry for the death but believed there had been no medical blunder and that medical staff had done their best to save Mok.
