Police report made over complications from injection on Hong Kong child, 2
Management apologises to parents of a girl hospitalised at Queen Mary Hospital; doctor says children have small veins, making procedure difficult
Parents of a two-year-old girl have made a police report after swelling and blisters appeared on their child’s right foot following an intravenous infusion.
Photos posted by the child’s parents in a Facebook group showed the worrying condition of the girl’s right foot. The child reportedly also had multiple illnesses and has been hospitalised at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam since April.
The hospital has apologised to the family over the incident.
“No [medical staff] were aware that my baby’s foot had swelled to three times [the normal size] ... She isn’t able to talk yet but was pointing to her foot indicating the pain,” the parents wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday evening.
“Her foot was cold and frozen. If discovered any later, [she could have lost the limb],” the child’s mother told Apple Daily.
Police confirmed they received a report last Saturday from a woman, who claimed to have discovered redness and swelling on her two-year-old daughter’s foot upon visiting her in a hospital in Western District.