Doctor's report on Zara's death was comprehensive
Responding to questions on whether doctors had found signs of abuse or bruising related to bullying upon hospital admission, he said the priority at the time was to save her life.
"The doctor's priority (at that moment in the hospital) was to save her life. At that point, who knew about the bullying? No one. The priority was to save her life first.
"Only now do we know there were elements of bullying. At that time, would we check for evidence of bullying or focus on saving her life? The doctor chose to save her life, that is a fact.
"Once the cause of death was identified as severe brain injury that prevented oxygen from reaching the brain, the medical report documented everything. Everything was done and properly recorded, there was no problem," he said in his winding-up speech on the 13th Malaysia Plan.
He was asked by Halimah Ali (PN-Kapar) whether a full head-to-toe examination would have been conducted upon hospital admission and if there were any signs indicating abuse or bruising related to bullying.
He added that the details would be clarified during the inquest.
On Aug 3, Zara's mother Noraidah Lamatlodged a police report at the Sipitang police station regarding bruises she observed while washing Zara's body at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital in Kota Kinabalu on July 17.
Zara was found unconscious on July 16, believed to have fallen from the third floor of a dormitory building. She was pronounced dead the following day at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital (HQE).
Her grave was then exhumed for a post-mortem and an inquest.
The Coroner's Court in Kota Kinabalu fixed 19 days for her inquest proceedings.
Those hearing dates are Sept 3 and 4; Sept 8 to 12; Sept 17 to 19; and Sept 22 to 30.
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