The Kuala Lumpur High Court has awarded over RM8 million to a woman and her four-year-old daughter who suffered severe and irreversible brain damage due to medical negligence during the child’s birth at a government hospital.

In the grounds of judgment issued on April 17, this year, judicial commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain made a decision after the government confirmed the admission of liability for all the plaintiff's claims with damages and costs...