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Former Labuan MP?s wife dies after 10-month coma
KUALA LUMPUR:
Datin Fatimah Wan Chik, who hogged the limelight early this year over an alleged botched cosmetic surgery, passed away today after being in a coma for 10 months and 18 days. She was 44.
Her husband, former Labuan member of parliament Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman said she suffered severe brain damage and that her condition worsened a week ago.
"There was nothing much the doctors could do. They did their best. She had been on the life-support machine for too long," he told the New Straits Times.
He harboured hopes of Fatimah regaining consciousness after a series of procedures, including stem cell treatment.
Suhaili, who had been by her bedside since she slipped into a coma, was in Labuan on Monday to attend to some family matters.
He was on his way back to Kuala Lumpur today when he was informed that his wife died at 7.40am.
"My son was with her when she breathed her last."
Fatimah's body was taken to the Federal Territory mosque before it was flown to Labuan at 6.50pm. She will be buried at the Kampung Ganggarak Muslim Cemetery tomorrow.
"The entire family is distraught by her death. My children are inconsolable."
MMC yet to wrap up probe into clinic
Meanwhile, the Malaysia Medical Council says the doctor who performed the cosmetic surgery on Datin Fatimah Chik can be charged for negligence if there is enough evidence against him.
The MMC said it had not completed investigating the case, which it had initiated on May 23.
"There are lots of factors to be looked into before taking action against the doctor.
The doctor could be reprimanded, suspended or de-registered if found guilty," said an MMC source, who did not want to be identified.
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