Another doctor in trouble

[Jamesc]

Now I know

I cannot wait to get my MIL anaesthetised.

I really like the sound of that.

Reminds me of euthanased.

 

 

 

[Atonchia]

On 1/11/2023 at 12:49 PM, shrjun said:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/anaesthetist-who-left-patient-during-operation-to-take-phone-calls-suspended-2-years

 

An anaesthetist who walked out of the operating theatre several times to take calls from other patients while another in his care was undergoing surgery has been suspended for 2½ years, the Singapore Medical Council said on Tuesday.

During the operation in 2016, the patient suffered a complication when a blood clot blocked oxygen from his lungs, an event known as a pulmonary embolism. He was successfully resuscitated by a team of doctors, but died the following day.

The Singapore Medical Council’s disciplinary tribunal said the patient’s chances of surviving the embolism was very low. But that chance may have been further lowered by Dr Islam Md Towfique’s delay in recognising the changes in the patient’s vital signs and consequent delay in taking action.

Dr Islam told the tribunal it was common practice for anaesthetists to leave the operating theatre for short periods of time.

The patient, 64, had surgery performed at Gleneagles Hospital on a fracture caused by his bone marrow cancer on Sept 1, 2016. Given his age, obesity, prior heart problems and cancer, he was “considered a high anaesthetic risk patient”, said the tribunal.

During the operation, his oxygen reading fell below 90 per cent, “into the 80s and 70s”. Normal range for blood oxygen level is between 96 per cent and 99 per cent. Despite that, the oxygen given to the patient was not increased.

Hospital parent firm Parkway Pantai Ltd said in a letter to Dr Islam that “increasing the oxygen delivery is one of the first few actions that an anaesthetist should initiate when a patient’s SpO2 falls, and yet for almost 50 minutes, with the SpO2 either un-recordable or in an unacceptable range, this remedial action was not taken”.

In his defence, Dr Islam, a veteran doctor, said: “I was with the patient and did apply my expertise to keep the Haemodynamics but I forgot to increase the oxygen to 100 per cent.”

Parkway suspended him for six months in 2017, and reported the incident to the SMC.

The expert for the SMC, which was the prosecuting body, said things can go wrong very quickly, “so we need to be there... there is not at any point... that it’s safe for an anaesthetist to leave the patient”.

He added that “all you need is less than a minute for things to go wrong”.

The tribunal agreed with the prosecution that the potential harm to the patient from Dr Islam’s multiple departures from the operating theatre “would be serious injury or even death”.

The hospital CCTV in the corridor outside the operating theatre showed Dr Islam left the operating theatre “multiple times”. The longest period he was gone was nine minutes.

Aside from those times, Dr Islam also went several times to the adjoining induction room, but these were not recorded by the CCTV.

Dr Islam had argued that there was nothing wrong with his leaving the operating theatre for short periods as this “behaviour would not be that different from that of his other anaesthetic colleagues”.

The surgeon who had carried out the operation and who gave evidence on behalf of Dr Islam at the hearing said the anaesthetist has continued to leave the operating theatre to take phone calls.

The tribunal rejected Dr Islam’s contention that the harm caused by his behaviour was minimal, as the prospect of surviving the blockage to the lung was minimal.

It said such a defence “would lead to an illogical outcome where a doctor treating a patient whose condition makes the prospects of survival low is able to take less care because the chances of survival were small in any event”.

The tribunal also agreed with the SMC that such misconduct “causes significant harm to public confidence in the medical profession and the healthcare system”.

“The respondent’s conduct in repeatedly leaving the operating theatre to attend to phone calls which he acknowledged were not urgent would shock the public and harm public confidence in the medical profession.” It also disagreed with Dr Islam’s claim that his conduct was not motivated by financial gain.

Most of the calls were from patients, both overseas and local, wanting to know when they could come for treatment, so he “was simply servicing other patients who would be paying his fees after coming to Singapore for treatment”.

Dr Islam also asked for a one-third reduction of his sentence, given the long time it has taken for the case to be heard.

But given that he has continued the practice of accepting calls in the midst of surgery, the tribunal said a one-sixth reduction was more appropriate.

It reduced his 36-month suspension to 30 months. He also has to pay the costs and expenses of the proceedings, including the cost of SMC’s lawyers, and undertake to refrain from such future conduct.
 

Kenna already still want to throw colleagues under the bus....

[shrjun]

15 minutes ago, Atonchia said:

Kenna already still want to throw colleagues under the bus....

 

Think he was trying to get onto this bus in a perversion of the rule.

Edited January 12, 2023 by shrjun

[Victor68]

16 hours ago, Atonchia said:

Kenna already still want to throw colleagues under the bus....

Is he saying all the rest in Parkway Pantai Ltd are doing that? Hospital turn to clarify liao 

[Volvobrick]

This one seems to top it all:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/doctor-charged-chas-cheating-sexual-offences-teenage-girls-lim-yong-chin-access-medical-clinics-3246051

I suspect he also drove Masermati. 

[Ender]

1 hour ago, Volvobrick said:

This one seems to top it all:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/doctor-charged-chas-cheating-sexual-offences-teenage-girls-lim-yong-chin-access-medical-clinics-3246051

I suspect he also drove Masermati. 

This guy is really a 坏人.

[Confusedboi]

2 hours ago, Volvobrick said:

This one seems to top it all:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/doctor-charged-chas-cheating-sexual-offences-teenage-girls-lim-yong-chin-access-medical-clinics-3246051

I suspect he also drove Masermati. 

So how long will this scum be jailed then, will kena rotan or not for sexual crimes against teenagers 🙄. Got so much money sure can afford to go find high class escorts to satisfy needs if geylang is not his cup of tea. 

[Playtime]

On 1/13/2023 at 11:38 AM, Victor68 said:

Is he saying all the rest in Parkway Pantai Ltd are doing that? Hospital turn to clarify liao 

Hmmm.... if hospital allowed this to become seen as  "SOP" ... then it should be equally responsible. 🤔

[Fcw75]

4 hours ago, Volvobrick said:

This one seems to top it all:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/doctor-charged-chas-cheating-sexual-offences-teenage-girls-lim-yong-chin-access-medical-clinics-3246051

I suspect he also drove Masermati. 

Bloody creep.

[Windwaver]

Penetrated a 14-year-old girl 

https://mothership.sg/2023/02/lim-yong-chin-charged/

S'porean doctor, 39, charged for penetrating minor, exploiting & filming intimate acts with young girls

He is also slapped with other charges such as cheating and faces a total of 28 charges.

A Singapore medical doctor was slapped with a slew of charges on Feb. 1, 2023.

Facing 28 charges

The 39-year-old medical doctor, Lim Yong Chin, is the founder and director of the Access Medical Clinics group, which has several clinics with the same name across Singapore.

He is facing a total of 28 charges, some of which include the sexual penetration of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child or young person, voyeurism, cheating, and traffic offences.

A gag order has been issued for all of Lim's victims to protect their identities.

Filmed young girls without consent

According to court documents, Lim recorded a young female without consent sometime between Jul. 10, 2018 and early 2019, intruding upon her with the intention to insult her modesty.

The then 19-year-old female was in her underwear and in the midst of an intimate act with Lim at that time.

Lim was handed one charge of making a gesture with the intention to insult the modesty of a woman.

He also recorded two other girls without consent on two separate occasions, once in 2020 while the other between 2020 and 2021.

Both girls were between the age of 18 and 19 then and were in the midst of doing "private acts", according to court documents, which provided no further details.

Lim was slapped with two charges of voyeurism for these deeds.

Touched and penetrated a 14-year-old girl

Sometime between March 2021 and April 2021, Lim used his hand to touch the vagina of a girl under the age of 16 over her underwear.

He went on to do the same thing to the girl on Apr. 21, 2021, and also kissed her on her breast.

On that same day, he also penetrated the vagina of the girl with his finger and made her perform a sexual act on him.

The girl was 14 years old then.

For this, Lim was handed four charges, two for the sexual exploitation of a child or young person and two charges for penetrating a minor under 16 sexually.

Also faces other charges

The Singapore Police Force said in a Feb. 1 news release that Lim is also charged with cheating the National Healthcare Group Polyclinics and SingHealth Polyclinics into disbursing Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) subsidies for fictitious claims, as well as driving whilst under suspension and driving a motor vehicle without insurance.

Judge rejected request to conceal Lim's identity

Court records stated that Lim's lawyers are Brenan Mah Zhi Xian, Suresh Damodara and S.M. Sukhmit Sing from Damodara Ong LLC.

During the hearing on Feb. 1, 2023, Lim's lawyers requested for their client to not be named, saying that "there may be associations" linking him to the alleged victims.

However, District Judge Terence Tay rejected their request, saying that there was no justification to extend the gag order to Lim.

Next hearing Mar. 15, 2023

Lim was offered bail of S$120,000 and is scheduled to appear in court on Mar. 15, 2023.

If convicted, Lim will face the following punishments for the following offences:

• Jail up to one year, a fine, or both for insulting the modesty of a woman;
• Jail up to five years, a fine up to S$10,000, or both for exploiting a young person sexually;
• Jail of up to two years, a fine, caning, or any combination of these punishments for voyeurism;
• Jail of up to 10 years, a fine, or both for sexually penetrating a minor below the age of 16;
• Jail of up to 10 years and a fine for cheating;
• Jail of up to two years, a fine of up to S$5,000, or both, as well as a potential disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence for driving whilst under suspension; and
• Jail of up to three months, a fine of up to S$1,000 or both, as well as a potential disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of 12 months from the date of conviction for driving with insurance.

[Watwheels]

17 minutes ago, Windwaver said:

Penetrated a 14-year-old girl 

https://mothership.sg/2023/02/lim-yong-chin-charged/

S'porean doctor, 39, charged for penetrating minor, exploiting & filming intimate acts with young girls

He is also slapped with other charges such as cheating and faces a total of 28 charges.

A Singapore medical doctor was slapped with a slew of charges on Feb. 1, 2023.

Facing 28 charges

Quote

The 39-year-old medical doctor, Lim Yong Chin, is the founder and director of the Access Medical Clinics group, which has several clinics with the same name across Singapore.

He is facing a total of 28 charges, some of which include the sexual penetration of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child or young person, voyeurism, cheating, and traffic offences.

A gag order has been issued for all of Lim's victims to protect their identities.

Filmed young girls without consent

According to court documents, Lim recorded a young female without consent sometime between Jul. 10, 2018 and early 2019, intruding upon her with the intention to insult her modesty.

The then 19-year-old female was in her underwear and in the midst of an intimate act with Lim at that time.

Lim was handed one charge of making a gesture with the intention to insult the modesty of a woman.

He also recorded two other girls without consent on two separate occasions, once in 2020 while the other between 2020 and 2021.

Both girls were between the age of 18 and 19 then and were in the midst of doing "private acts", according to court documents, which provided no further details.

Lim was slapped with two charges of voyeurism for these deeds.

Touched and penetrated a 14-year-old girl

Sometime between March 2021 and April 2021, Lim used his hand to touch the vagina of a girl under the age of 16 over her underwear.

He went on to do the same thing to the girl on Apr. 21, 2021, and also kissed her on her breast.

On that same day, he also penetrated the vagina of the girl with his finger and made her perform a sexual act on him.

The girl was 14 years old then.

For this, Lim was handed four charges, two for the sexual exploitation of a child or young person and two charges for penetrating a minor under 16 sexually.

Also faces other charges

The Singapore Police Force said in a Feb. 1 news release that Lim is also charged with cheating the National Healthcare Group Polyclinics and SingHealth Polyclinics into disbursing Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) subsidies for fictitious claims, as well as driving whilst under suspension and driving a motor vehicle without insurance.

Judge rejected request to conceal Lim's identity

Court records stated that Lim's lawyers are Brenan Mah Zhi Xian, Suresh Damodara and S.M. Sukhmit Sing from Damodara Ong LLC.

During the hearing on Feb. 1, 2023, Lim's lawyers requested for their client to not be named, saying that "there may be associations" linking him to the alleged victims.

However, District Judge Terence Tay rejected their request, saying that there was no justification to extend the gag order to Lim.

Next hearing Mar. 15, 2023

Lim was offered bail of S$120,000 and is scheduled to appear in court on Mar. 15, 2023.

If convicted, Lim will face the following punishments for the following offences:

• Jail up to one year, a fine, or both for insulting the modesty of a woman;
• Jail up to five years, a fine up to S$10,000, or both for exploiting a young person sexually;
• Jail of up to two years, a fine, caning, or any combination of these punishments for voyeurism;
• Jail of up to 10 years, a fine, or both for sexually penetrating a minor below the age of 16;
• Jail of up to 10 years and a fine for cheating;
• Jail of up to two years, a fine of up to S$5,000, or both, as well as a potential disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence for driving whilst under suspension; and
• Jail of up to three months, a fine of up to S$1,000 or both, as well as a potential disqualification from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of 12 months from the date of conviction for driving with insurance.

The 39-year-old medical doctor, Lim Yong Chin, is the founder and director of the Access Medical Clinics group, which has several clinics with the same name across Singapore.

Not going to all these clinics.

lim yong chin

Pic link provided by mothership. https://mothership.sg/2023/02/lim-yong-chin-charged/

Edited February 1, 2023 by Watwheels

[Volvobrick]

40 minutes ago, Watwheels said:

 

Not going to all these clinics.

 

Scared kena penetrated? 

[Kopites]

Hideous crime! 😤

[mersaylee]

See lah...不自爱...love ownself won't have such problem one

@Mustank surely agree...😁

[BanCoe]

7 hours ago, Volvobrick said:

Scared kena penetrated? 

Go Guv Polykinik ……. Safer n cheaper 🤣🤣

[Karoon]

1 hour ago, BanCoe said:

Go Guv Polykinik ……. Safer n cheaper 🤣🤣

if can get slot lah... I tried a few times and the slots are as hot as jay chou's concert tix.

didn't know sinkees are dying to see doctors every day 

[BanCoe]

3 minutes ago, Karoon said:

if can get slot lah... I tried a few times and the slots are as hot as jay chou's concert tix.

didn't know sinkees are dying to see doctors every day 

Yeah the app and booking forward quite Lecheh ……. Better to just “walk in “ the afternoons ……. Usually do that for my elderly mom 

[Karoon]

52 minutes ago, BanCoe said:

Yeah the app and booking forward quite Lecheh ……. Better to just “walk in “ the afternoons ……. Usually do that for my elderly mom 

Great...I didn't know they still allow walk-ins.