A coroner yesterday told the father of a boy who died six days after his birth not to take TV soap operas as an example of what to expect from doctors in real life.
Coroner Andrew Chan Hing-wai gave the reminder as Hung Kwok-kin asked why his wife had not been given oxygen when she was found to be bleeding.
'Don't think Healing Hands is telling you the truth . . . just like many plots about court proceedings in other TV dramas, it is far from realistic,' said Mr Chan, referring to a popular TV series.
Mr Hung, 40, and his wife, Cheng Yin-hung, 42, have told the inquest jury they suspected an internal examination on Ms Cheng at the Prince of Wales Hospital might have harmed the unborn baby. Hospital records showed Ms Cheng had reported bleeding at 5.30am on May 4. Ms Cheng insisted she found herself bleeding shortly after an internal examination carried out by a junior doctor at about 4.35am.
Dr Chan Pui-suen, who now works at Tuen Mun Hospital, testified yesterday that she had not spotted any bleeding after the internal examination. Dr Chan was then working at the Prince of Wales as a houseman.
Ms Cheng had complained of strong pain when Dr Chan performed the examination but said the doctor had urged her to keep quiet when she screamed, the inquest heard.
