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C Dr. Kanthappallil Thomas Thomes.
Sworn in English
I am the Medical Officer of Stanley Prison. My qualification is
M.B.B.S. (H.K.). The deceased Tang Chuen was admitted to Stanley Prison on
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19/7/67, from my medical record. That was the date of his first medical
examination. I had the medical record from that day onwards. There has been
no complaint about any illness from the deceased till 8/12/69. If any complaint
was made about illness it would be entered into record.
The deceased received injection against typhoid on 16/9/67 and
30/8/69. He had injection against cholera on 19/7/67, 8/5/69 and 19/11/69.
He had vaccination against small pox on 16/9/67. These are routine treatments
for prisoners. There was no record of any reaction of the deceased from any
of these treatments.
On 8/12/69, he complained to me that he had poor appetite for
2 weeks; yellow colour of skin and eyes for 5 days deep colour of urine 5 days,
on and off nausea 3 to 4 days. From the symptoms and my examination, my
conclusion was that he had infectious hepatitis. We gave him injection
Vitamin B complex every other day; congee, bread and milk as diet; glucose
strength as he could tolerate and 2 oranges daily. He was admitted to the
Prison Hospital the same day. His general condition was not improving
from the first 8 10 days.
On 17/12/69 he said that his abdomen extension
was slightly more than usual and there was some fluid in the abdomen. On
18/12/69, he had not much improvement nor deteriorating.
He complained most
of the time that he had not got much appetite. We examined his blood and
urine. The blood was sent to the laboratory for analysis on 9/12/69 and the
urine was analysed the same day of his admission.
On 17/12/69, we did the 2nd analysis only on his blood. On 18/12/69,
I saw the result of analysis of the blood which was sent for analysis on the
9/12/69. The result was consistent with the diagnosis.
On 20/12/69, I received the result of the analysed blood which I
sent on the 17/12/69. From these tests, there was also strong suggestion of
pre-existing cirrhosis of liver in addition to the infectious hepatitis.