todayonline.com on May 31, 2011 reported that the wrong identification of a patient – resulting in the extraction of two healthy teeth – has led to the development of a more robust governance framework by the National Dental Centre (NDC), following a full review of internal safety processes. The incident, which took place at the NDC four years ago, had been traced to the attachment of the referral slip for extraction to the wrong patient call number chit, resulting in the wrong patient being called into the room for extraction. The staff had also failed to verify the patient’s identity and the treatment needed. The dental surgeon in that case, Dr Debbie Hong Pooi Mun, 30, was fined S$3,000 after she pleaded guilty at a disciplinary inquiry by the Singapore Dental Council.

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inewsone.com on May 30, 2011 reported that an ayurvedic doctor was arrested Monday in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district for prescribing allopathic drugs, officials said. A team of government medical officials and a magistrate raided the clinic of Satish Chandra Jha at Tura, the district headquarter of West Garo Hills and seized a note in which he had prescribed allopathic drugs for malaria and typhoid without any authority, District Magistrate Sanjay K. Goyal told IANS by phone. Goyal said the team also raided the Alpha Beta Clinical Laboratory and arrested a laboratory technician, found to be referring patients to Jha.

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scmp.com on May 28, 2011 reported that a public doctor who sent medicine worth HK$247 to his parents in Australia and falsified the records was found guilty of misconduct in public office yesterday. A magistrate criticised Dr Michael Ho Hung-kwan, 46, for favouring his family members – an act described as depriving the public of access to affordable medical consultation. While records falsified by Ho showed that his family had visited the clinic, his parents were in fact in Australia and his son was at school at the time of the supposed consultations. The court earlier heard that Ho on one occasion prescribed Vaseline and Panadol for his parents, medicine that could be bought in Australia.

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dailymercury.com on May 28, 2011 reported that David Irelandes has been jailed for two years for claiming to be a nurse and unlawfully carrying out internal examinations on a heavily pregnant 17-year-old girl in the week before she gave birth. However, the sentence will be suspended after serving six months and then Irelandes will be on probation for three years and undergo medical and psychiatric treatment. His pregnant victim, who still suffers emotional harm, later described how she felt violated, was sick and gutted when she learnt that Irelandes was a fraud.

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dvm360.com on May 27, 2011 reported that a pharmacy technician at the University of California-Davis veterinary school was arrested and charged with 38 counts of embezzlement. Emily Ramos of Woodland surrendered to police this morning. She was released after posting $20,000 bond and is due for arraignment in Superior Court on June 24.

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ibnlive.in.com on May 29, 2011 reported that a consumer forum here has slapped a fine of Rs five lakh to a local hospital on charges of negligence in a case leading to the death of a couple. Acting on a complaint filed by Manjoor Abbasi in connection with the death of his son, the Consumer Forum Chairman A K Srivastava yesterday found Ganesh hospital guilty and directed it to compensate him by paying Rs five lakh and an additional amount of Rs 8,000 for the expenses of the case.The forum also directed the medical establishments in the area to provide first medical aid to the patients rather than to ascertain about the payments of bill. In 2002, Abbasi”s son along with his lover allegedly consumed poison after which they were rushed to the hospital where they were denied treatment as nobody was there to take the responsibility of the payment of treatment.Later, both of them were rushed to MMG hospital, but the couple died on the way.

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anhourago.in on May 29, 2011 reported that a Delhi court has set aside the order of a magistrate framing forgery charges against a person who procured his medical degree from Ukraine allegedly on the basis of fake certificates, saying it was “totally contrary” to facts of the case. Additional Sessions Judge Santosh Snehi Mann has sent back the case to the magistrate and asked him to decide it afresh against Dhadhu Ragu. The magisterial court had framed criminal charges against Ragu for allegedly taking admission in a medical course in a Ukrainian college based on forged certificates. Setting aside the order, the judge said, “The impugned order (of the trial court) is not clear about which document the forgery is alleged against Ragu. Order is also not clear as to how and where forgery was allegedly committed by him.

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hindu.com on May 29, 2011 reported that the Jeedimetla police on Saturday registered a cheating case against a nurse for allegedly withdrawing an undisclosed sum with the help of a cheque book stolen from the doctor’s chambers. Based on a complaint lodged by a doctor Survochala, police booked a case under Sections 420 (cheating) and 408 (criminal breach of trust) against Seema Kathar of Nizambad district.

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geelongadvertiser.com on May 31, 2011 reported that a geelong hospital nurse convicted of child porn charges is fighting to keep his job. Geelong West’s Peter Omant, 54, is hoping he can convince the Medical Board of Australia to allow him to keep his nursing registration. A Barwon Health spokeswoman said the intensive care nurse was suspended without pay once the child porn charges surfaced. “As a consequence of the charges laid against Mr Omant he is not currently practising at the Geelong Hospital,” the spokeswoman said. Omant, a father-of-one, was found with 1110 graphic images and 165 videos that depicted children in sexual actions and poses, following an Australian Federal Police investigation. The material, which a County Court judge described “truly disgraceful” when he sentenced Omant on Friday, was stored on two laptops and a USB stick.

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mid-day.com on May 31, 2011 reported that a professor, whose wife was admitted to the Noble Hospital in Hadapsar, has alleged medical negligence by the hospital after he lost his three-day-old baby subsequent to a blood transfusion he claimed was done without conducting blood compatibility tests. Dr Jignesh Doshi, a professor of biochemistry, had got his wife Pooja (37) admitted to Noble Hospital when she was seven months pregnant. Pooja, a biochemistry professor at the University of Pune, was undergoing a month-long treatment at the hospital. “I spent Rs 7 lakh for the treatment at Noble. I have 17 medical evidences against the hospital. The hospital has refused to take responsibility and reimburse the expenses incurred,” Jignesh said.The Doshis lodged a complaint with the Hadapsar police on April 29. The incident took place in the first week of April. A copy of the complaint was also sent to the State Home Minister R R Patil and Health Minister Suresh Shetty.

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thestar.com on May 30, 2011 reported that a calgary family doctor has been suspended for inappropriately requesting money from patients and billing Alberta’s health care insurance plan for services he claimed to have provided to dead people. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says it has suspended Dr. John van Olm for a minimum of three months after the College Council found him guilty of “unbecoming conduct” that also included keeping inadequate records for one patient. The College also said van Olm submitted billings on 12 occasions between 2006 and 2007 for supposedly seeing between 149 and 185 patients per day — numbers the College disputes.

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hindustantimes.com on May 28, 2011 reported that a doctor was arrested for allegedly molesting an engineering student in Khwaja Kutub area, police said in Bareilly on Saturday. The incident occurred on Thursday when the victim, who is pursuing M.Tech from an institute in Noida, went to a private clinic for treatment of some skin-related ailment, they said At the clinic, Brahnbhaskar Arya, a homoeopathy doctor, gave the victim some drug after which the girl became unconscious, they said. The girl later alleged that the doctor molested her while she was unconscious, they said, adding that Arya was arrested last night on a complaint lodged by the victim’s brother. Police suspect Arya to be a quack as he failed to produce his medical registration certificate when asked to do so. Meanwhile, Arya claimed that he was being falsely implicated in the case and allegations against him were baseless.

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dailyrecord.co.uk on May 29, 2011 reported that wife killer Malcolm Webster was sacked from his first nursing job for stealing money from frail OAPs.The conman murderer was just 17 when he landed work as a live-in trainee nurse at a residential home in Bexhill, near Hastings. Webster, 51, had trained as a nurse at Epsom Hospital before a family friend got him work at the old people’s home.Last night, a former colleague told how Webster was fired on the spot when he was caught.

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ninemsn.com.au on May 30, 2011 reported that the lawyer for a Perth doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient has questioned the credibility of the alleged victim. Suhail Ahmad Khan Durani is on trial in the Perth District Court on several charges of indecently assaulting a 20-year-old old woman. The offences are alleged to have happened on February 20, 2010, at Royal Perth Hospital. Durani has denied the allegations. In his opening address on Monday, Prosecutor Paul Yovich said the woman, who suffers from Type 1 diabetes, visited the emergency department after complaining of a headache, nausea, vomiting and high blood-sugar levels.

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winnetka.patch.com on May 27, 2011 reported that dressed in a black leather coat and armed with a pistol, Glencoe man allegedly confronted man who he suspected was having an affair with his wife. A Glencoe doctor is being charged with burglary and home invasion after he allegedly armed himself and confronted a man who he suspected was having an affair with his wife. Sergei Shushunov, 59, of Glencoe, entered a Skokie home in the 9200 block Central Park Avenue through an unlocked front door. Armed with a pistol, Shushunov then made his way toward the upstairs bedroom and confronted the homeowner, according to police.

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thisissouthwales.co.uk on May 27, 2011 reported that a consultant has been suspended for two months from the medical register after being found to have signed four patients’ medical certificates without sight of their records.The action was taken against David Richard Foster, who practices in the Swansea area, by the General Medical Council. Dr Foster’s case was brought in front of the GMC’s Fitness to Practice Panel, following allegations he signed medical certificates for four patients who weren’t his and without seeing their records. But it was said he claimed on the certificates that he had consulted the medical records beforehand. A report of the minutes of the hearing said: “The panel is mindful that your misconduct does not relate to clinical risk but to probity and honesty which are fundamental to professional practice as a doctor for the maintenance of proper standards and the upholding of proper confidence in the profession.

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sundaymercury.net on May 29, 2011 reported that a care home nurse has been suspended after being accused of stealing from patients and colleagues. Sarah Leaver appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on May 16 charged with one count of theft. The nurse, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, had been working for dementia care firm Southern Cross when the allegations came to light. But she left the firm in April and has now been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council until her court case is concluded. An NMC panel said the charges were so serious that any problems Ms Leaver suffered from being off work were outweighed by the need to take immediate action.

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