http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20090428-138020.html
http://www.novartis-aclasta.com/
注意！
诺华骨力强(新加坡)导致几乎致命严重肾衰竭
BEWARE!
ACLASTA of NOVARTIS resulted in NEAR FATAL INCIDENT in Singapore Gleneagles Medical Centre
I, Wong Chen Li Chu (Singapore citizen, female, 61 years old) had an injection of Novartis ACLASTA on 7th Oct 2008 by a well known experienced specialist at a Singapore Gleneagles Medical Centre clinic. Three days later I was hospitalized for hypocalcemia and critical kidney condition.
The clinical diagnosis is ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. Doctors suggested that I be prepared for kidney replacement or permanent dialysis.
My encounter with the administration of Novartis Aclasta in the renowned Singapore Gleneagles Medical Centre, by an experienced doctor and resulted in a near fatal physical suffering, should be a lesson to be remembered at all times. Novartis ACLASTA is widely known as a new medication for treatment of Osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, a condition that occurs predominantly among elderly people. I believe there will be more old people to whom ACLASTA will be recommended.
Please think carefully and take all precautions before receiving ACLASTA
The following is an account of my experience with ACLASTA:
The injection of Aclasta was given on 7th Oct. 2008 by the doctor. No blood test was conducted before the injection. On the morning of 8th Oct., I experienced sharp pain throughout my limbs, chest, heart and waist. My face became swollen. Rashes also appeared throughout my body and I felt extremely itchy. I called up the clinic to ask for the doctor's advice but was told by the clinic receptionist that the doctor had gone overseas. Despite the urgency of my call, the receptionist did not direct me to any other medical personnel who could explain the symptoms and offer me any medical care. She just instructed me to take Panadol pills again to ease the pain. Panadol was the only medication I was given after being injected with Aclasta. I was instructed to take two tablets after every eight hours. Two days later, I was admitted to the A & E Department of Mt Elizabeth Hospital, and was subsequently hospitalized in the Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Raffles Hospital and the Singapore General Hospital for critical kidney condition.
I was discharged on 17th Nov 2008 from the Singapore General Hospital, my serum creatinine level was 520 (40–85 UMOL/L) and creatinine clearance was 10 (70–150 ML/MIN).
For a detailed sequence of the events, clinical development, official receipts and medical reports from Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Raffles Hospital and Singapore General Hospital, please click to read on: Sequence of Events and Clinical Development
Throughout the sequence of events described above, the doctor who injected Aclasta on me was nowhere to be found. The level of patient care the doctor and his clinic could offer me was severely insufficient and inefficient. In fact, on 23rd Oct. when my husband and son made an appointment with the doctor in his clinic to clarify the issue, he told my husband “see you in court”.
I am extremely disappointed with his nonchalant attitude. He did not even bother to get back to me even after he had returned from his overseas trip. I had turned to him for his medical expertise trusting that his experience and treatment will help me to regain my health and that it was in my best interest to seek someone as experienced as him. However it resulted in a near fatal physical suffering for me and immense emotional and financial suffering for my family.
We are ordinary people. Under my family’s current financial conditions, I am unable to meet the financial requirements needed to confront the doctor, a well known and experienced orthopaedic surgeon, in the court system. However, as a victim seeking justice and dignity, I believe I deserve the concern of our society, and a response from the medical establishment, of whom the doctor is a part. In this aspect, I will make every possible effort, try all means and every possible channel, to seek assistance and advice.
Dr Lee Wei-Ling, Director of Singapore National Neuroscience Institute, personally called my husband three days after my husband wrote to her about my incident. Dr Lee asked my husband to keep her informed of the development. My family is very grateful to Dr Lee for her concern.
In today’s money-orientated society, the medical world has been polluted and tainted by commercialism. To safeguard the sacred tradition and morality of the medical establishment and profession, please do your part and voice your concern. I sincerely hope that my encounter and near fatal physical suffering will not happen to you or any other patient. We trust our doctors and deserve compassion and care.
For a version of Singapore Medical Council's Ethical Code and Ethical
Guidelines for Medical Practitioners, please click here
For a newspaper article by Singapore's New Paper featuring my case,
please click here
For further information and the specific side effects I experienced after injecting Novartis's Aclasta, please email:
[email protected]
http://www.novartis-aclasta.com/
注意！
诺华骨力强(新加坡)导致几乎致命严重肾衰竭
BEWARE!
ACLASTA of NOVARTIS resulted in NEAR FATAL INCIDENT in Singapore Gleneagles Medical Centre
I, Wong Chen Li Chu (Singapore citizen, female, 61 years old) had an injection of Novartis ACLASTA on 7th Oct 2008 by a well known experienced specialist at a Singapore Gleneagles Medical Centre clinic. Three days later I was hospitalized for hypocalcemia and critical kidney condition.
The clinical diagnosis is ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. Doctors suggested that I be prepared for kidney replacement or permanent dialysis.
My encounter with the administration of Novartis Aclasta in the renowned Singapore Gleneagles Medical Centre, by an experienced doctor and resulted in a near fatal physical suffering, should be a lesson to be remembered at all times. Novartis ACLASTA is widely known as a new medication for treatment of Osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, a condition that occurs predominantly among elderly people. I believe there will be more old people to whom ACLASTA will be recommended.
Please think carefully and take all precautions before receiving ACLASTA
The following is an account of my experience with ACLASTA:
The injection of Aclasta was given on 7th Oct. 2008 by the doctor. No blood test was conducted before the injection. On the morning of 8th Oct., I experienced sharp pain throughout my limbs, chest, heart and waist. My face became swollen. Rashes also appeared throughout my body and I felt extremely itchy. I called up the clinic to ask for the doctor's advice but was told by the clinic receptionist that the doctor had gone overseas. Despite the urgency of my call, the receptionist did not direct me to any other medical personnel who could explain the symptoms and offer me any medical care. She just instructed me to take Panadol pills again to ease the pain. Panadol was the only medication I was given after being injected with Aclasta. I was instructed to take two tablets after every eight hours. Two days later, I was admitted to the A & E Department of Mt Elizabeth Hospital, and was subsequently hospitalized in the Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Raffles Hospital and the Singapore General Hospital for critical kidney condition.
I was discharged on 17th Nov 2008 from the Singapore General Hospital, my serum creatinine level was 520 (40–85 UMOL/L) and creatinine clearance was 10 (70–150 ML/MIN).
For a detailed sequence of the events, clinical development, official receipts and medical reports from Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Raffles Hospital and Singapore General Hospital, please click to read on: Sequence of Events and Clinical Development
Throughout the sequence of events described above, the doctor who injected Aclasta on me was nowhere to be found. The level of patient care the doctor and his clinic could offer me was severely insufficient and inefficient. In fact, on 23rd Oct. when my husband and son made an appointment with the doctor in his clinic to clarify the issue, he told my husband “see you in court”.
I am extremely disappointed with his nonchalant attitude. He did not even bother to get back to me even after he had returned from his overseas trip. I had turned to him for his medical expertise trusting that his experience and treatment will help me to regain my health and that it was in my best interest to seek someone as experienced as him. However it resulted in a near fatal physical suffering for me and immense emotional and financial suffering for my family.
We are ordinary people. Under my family’s current financial conditions, I am unable to meet the financial requirements needed to confront the doctor, a well known and experienced orthopaedic surgeon, in the court system. However, as a victim seeking justice and dignity, I believe I deserve the concern of our society, and a response from the medical establishment, of whom the doctor is a part. In this aspect, I will make every possible effort, try all means and every possible channel, to seek assistance and advice.
Dr Lee Wei-Ling, Director of Singapore National Neuroscience Institute, personally called my husband three days after my husband wrote to her about my incident. Dr Lee asked my husband to keep her informed of the development. My family is very grateful to Dr Lee for her concern.
In today’s money-orientated society, the medical world has been polluted and tainted by commercialism. To safeguard the sacred tradition and morality of the medical establishment and profession, please do your part and voice your concern. I sincerely hope that my encounter and near fatal physical suffering will not happen to you or any other patient. We trust our doctors and deserve compassion and care.
For a version of Singapore Medical Council's Ethical Code and Ethical
Guidelines for Medical Practitioners, please click here
For a newspaper article by Singapore's New Paper featuring my case,
please click here
For further information and the specific side effects I experienced after injecting Novartis's Aclasta, please email:
[email protected]
