Tinyu, a seven-year-old girl, has gone into a vegetative state due to a medical error after suffering a rare soft tissue cancer in 2018. On May 19, Baby Tinyu blinked her eyes for the first time in three years.
Tinyu had a tumor resection operation at Queen Mary Hospital on May 21, 2020.
The initial surgery process was progressing smoothly. Nearly six hours later, Tinyu’s heart suddenly stopped beating; her abdomen became swollen.
The original tumor resection surgery had to be terminated abruptly.
Although Tinyu was resuscitated and regained her breathing, her brain was severely damaged.
Tinyu had gone into a vegetative state.
Hospital’s Errors
In a previous TV interview, Tinyu’s father, Mr. Chow, claimed the medical error was due to using the wrong blood type. A lack of special blood at the hospital blood bank resulted in a 48-minute delay in Tinyu’s blood transfusion, and her heart stopped beating….