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Cordlife storage lapses warrant compensation, but class action may be difficult: lawyers

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Megan Cheah

Megan Cheah

Published Tue, Dec 5, 2023 · 05:00 AM
    • Cordlife has been barred for six months from collecting, testing, processing and storing new cord-blood or tissue samples, as well as from running new test types for patients.
    • Cordlife has been barred for six months from collecting, testing, processing and storing new cord-blood or tissue samples, as well as from running new test types for patients. PHOTO: CORDLIFE

    CORDLIFE customers who have been affected by the cord-blood bank’s storage issues may have some grounds for compensation, lawyers said, but mounting a class action-type lawsuit in Singapore might be a difficult feat.

    This comes as the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday (Nov 30) said seven of Cordlife’s 22 cord-blood storage tanks were recorded with temperatures above acceptable limits. The infringements had been found over several different periods since November 2020.

    The mainboard-listed group – one of four licensed cord-blood banks in Singapore – has been barred for six months from collecting, testing, processing and storing new cord-blood or tissue samples, as well as from running new test types for patients.

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