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CNA reports : Doctor, 3 patients charged with selling cough mixture illegally

By Alvina Soh | Posted: 31 May 2012 1357 hrs

SINGAPORE: A doctor and three of his patients have been charged with illegally selling cough mixture containing the pain-relieving drug, codeine.

 

Dr Ho Thong Chew, 41, a registered doctor of Focus Medical Group in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, was charged with 35 counts of contravening the Medicines Act on Thursday.

 

He allegedly sold 846 canisters of the codeine-laced cough syrup to three patients without a wholesale dealer's licence over five months from January 2011.

 

Each canister contained 3.8 litres of the mixture.

 

Dr Ho's case will be heard again on June 11.

 

The other three accused are Yap Beng Keong, 37; Ng Yong Yi, 30; and Ng Jin Jie, 28.

 

They were alleged to have sold the cough mixture which they bought from Dr Ho.

 

Yap, who faces nine charges, allegedly bought 424 canisters of the cough mixture from Dr Ho and sold them in Geylang and Yishun between January and March last year.

 

His case will be mentioned again on June 11.

 

Ng Yong Yi, who faces 14 charges, is said to have bought 374 canisters from Dr Ho and allegedly sold them in Geylang from February to May last year.

 

He will appear in court again on June 1.

 

Ng Jin Jie, who faces 11 counts, allegedly sold 48 canisters he bought from Dr Ho from his flat in Yishun, between March and May last year.

 

Ng told the court, through his lawyer, that he would plead guilty later on Thursday.

 

Under the Medicines Act, it is illegal to sell medicinal products without a wholesale dealer's licence.

 

Offenders can be jailed up to two years and fined a maximum of S$5,000.

 

- CNA/wm

 

The doctor future gone down the drain should he be jailed for the offences.

 

The Medical Council will haul him up for hearing after court case. [:(][:(]

 

How he secure 846 canisters & each canister contained 3.8 litres of the mixture?

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better becareful everyone

there is someone out there with a

very very very bad cough

 

keep clear

 

 

CNA reports : Doctor, 3 patients charged with selling cough mixture illegally

By Alvina Soh | Posted: 31 May 2012 1357 hrs

SINGAPORE: A doctor and three of his patients have been charged with illegally selling cough mixture containing the pain-relieving drug, codeine.

 

Dr Ho Thong Chew, 41, a registered doctor of Focus Medical Group in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, was charged with 35 counts of contravening the Medicines Act on Thursday.

 

He allegedly sold 846 canisters of the codeine-laced cough syrup to three patients without a wholesale dealer's licence over five months from January 2011.

 

Each canister contained 3.8 litres of the mixture.

 

Dr Ho's case will be heard again on June 11.

 

The other three accused are Yap Beng Keong, 37; Ng Yong Yi, 30; and Ng Jin Jie, 28.

 

They were alleged to have sold the cough mixture which they bought from Dr Ho.

 

Yap, who faces nine charges, allegedly bought 424 canisters of the cough mixture from Dr Ho and sold them in Geylang and Yishun between January and March last year.

 

His case will be mentioned again on June 11.

 

Ng Yong Yi, who faces 14 charges, is said to have bought 374 canisters from Dr Ho and allegedly sold them in Geylang from February to May last year.

 

He will appear in court again on June 1.

 

Ng Jin Jie, who faces 11 counts, allegedly sold 48 canisters he bought from Dr Ho from his flat in Yishun, between March and May last year.

 

Ng told the court, through his lawyer, that he would plead guilty later on Thursday.

 

Under the Medicines Act, it is illegal to sell medicinal products without a wholesale dealer's licence.

 

Offenders can be jailed up to two years and fined a maximum of S$5,000.

 

- CNA/wm

 

The doctor future gone down the drain should he be jailed for the offences.

 

The Medical Council will haul him up for hearing after court case. [:(][:(]

 

How he secure 846 canisters & each canister contained 3.8 litres of the mixture?

 

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Why would people want to buy so much cough mixture? For drug abuse?

 

yes, the can get high from it

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update: Dr loses medical license.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/health/story/singapore-medical-council-bars-doctor-who-sold-cough-syrup-illegally-pra

 

By Carolyn Khew SINGAPORE

 

- A doctor who was jailed and fined for illegally selling codeine-laced cough syrup can no longer practise medicine. In a statement issued on Monday, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said 44-year-old Ho Thong Chew's name was removed from the Register of Medical Practitioners with effect from Jan 18 this year. In 2012, the general practitioner was sentenced to 7 1/2 months of jail and fined $60,000 on 12 counts of selling the cough syrup wholesale without a licence. The decision to remove Dr Ho from the Register was made after a Disciplinary Tribunal (DT) inquiry by the SMC weighed his sentencing and mitigating factors. While the DT took into account that Dr Ho suffers from depression, among other mitigating factors, it also ruled that he had sold the cough syrup to the public despite knowing he had "no control over the ultimate recipients (of the syrup) and the potential harm that could be caused to the public through its sale". The DT also said that he had a "blatant disregard of the law" by continuing to sell the cough syrup even after his clinic had been raided by the Health Sciences Authority. "The DT was of the view that the overriding interests in this case must be the protection of public interests and to uphold the integrity of the medical profession," said the SMC in its statement. In July 2012, Dr Ho was found to have made more than $260,000 in profits from a scheme to supply codeine-based cough syrup to addicts. He sold the medicine to three patients, who then repackaged it and passed it on to others. He was the operator of Focus Medical Group Clinic in Ang Mo Kio then. Health Sciences Authority checks showed that Focus Medical Group had bought 908 3.8-litre canisters of codeine-based cough syrup from January to May 2011. The clinic has since been closed down by the Health Ministry. [email protected]

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What a pity. Was a fellow car enthusiast.

 

 

update: Dr loses medical license.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/health/story/singapore-medical-council-bars-doctor-who-sold-cough-syrup-illegally-pra

 

By Carolyn Khew SINGAPORE

 

- A doctor who was jailed and fined for illegally selling codeine-laced cough syrup can no longer practise medicine. In a statement issued on Monday, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said 44-year-old Ho Thong Chew's name was removed from the Register of Medical Practitioners with effect from Jan 18 this year. In 2012, the general practitioner was sentenced to 7 1/2 months of jail and fined $60,000 on 12 counts of selling the cough syrup wholesale without a licence. The decision to remove Dr Ho from the Register was made after a Disciplinary Tribunal (DT) inquiry by the SMC weighed his sentencing and mitigating factors. While the DT took into account that Dr Ho suffers from depression, among other mitigating factors, it also ruled that he had sold the cough syrup to the public despite knowing he had "no control over the ultimate recipients (of the syrup) and the potential harm that could be caused to the public through its sale". The DT also said that he had a "blatant disregard of the law" by continuing to sell the cough syrup even after his clinic had been raided by the Health Sciences Authority. "The DT was of the view that the overriding interests in this case must be the protection of public interests and to uphold the integrity of the medical profession," said the SMC in its statement. In July 2012, Dr Ho was found to have made more than $260,000 in profits from a scheme to supply codeine-based cough syrup to addicts. He sold the medicine to three patients, who then repackaged it and passed it on to others. He was the operator of Focus Medical Group Clinic in Ang Mo Kio then. Health Sciences Authority checks showed that Focus Medical Group had bought 908 3.8-litre canisters of codeine-based cough syrup from January to May 2011. The clinic has since been closed down by the Health Ministry. [email protected]

 


scb11989? apa ini?

 

Wah piangz!!!! 3 years
Scb11989 Donno tio ban long liao [laugh]
Jit tong Cheng [grin]

 

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why pay for cough syrup ....

msia boleh addicts just scoop cow dung and sniff can also get high liao ...

hmm ... spore no cow? lol

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why pay for cough syrup ....

msia boleh addicts just scoop cow dung and sniff can also get high liao ...

hmm ... spore no cow? lol

I go and goggle

Whoa!! Real one [laugh]

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