Read the full judgment text of CACV 000202/2000 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 December 2000.
1. In 1993, the plaintiff was negligently given by the hospital staff an excessive dose of lignocaine while receiving treatment at the Queen Mary Hospital, a public hospital under the management of the Hospital Authority, the defendant. As a result, he has been in a permanent vegetative state (PVS). Two months later, he was transferred to the Tung Wah Hospital and he has remained there since. The defendant admitted liability for negligence. The question left for trial is damages . What proper an