THE Coroner's Court yesterday rejected a family's fears over a taxi driver's death after a private doctor administered a drug which was no longer widely used.
The family of taxi driver Cheung Kwai-shing, 48, had questioned the doctor who injected Cheung with coramin, a cardiac and respiratory stimulus on March 30, the day he died.
Cheung complained of severe upper abdominal pain in the morning, and was found lying curled up outside a private clinic in Central, where he was a regular patient.
Dr Wong Cheuk-sang arrived at 8.35 am, and Cheung was examined immediately.
Dr Wong diagnosed a gastric problem, and gave an injection to relieve his pain.
She said Cheung had no sign of any heart problem at that time, but was later found semi-conscious on a sofa outside her room.
His face had turned blue.