ndtv.com on May 19, 2012 reported that a doctor has been arrested in the Beed district of Maharashtra for allegedly carrying out an abortion that led to the killing of a pregnant woman. Dr Sudam Munde was arrested by the district police yesterday. The victim had four children kids, all of them girls. She reportedly wanted her fifth baby to be a male child. When her sonography reports suggested that she was pregnant with a girl child, she approached Dr Munde to get an abortion done.

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timesofindia.com on May 18, 2012 reported that a doctor has been arrested from Mayur Vihar Phase I for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman from Darjeeling. The two had known each other for several months, said cops. The woman has claimed that he drugged her before raping her. The incident took place on May 15 at the doctor’s Mayur Vihar residence. “We received a complaint on May 16 and arrested the accused the same day after a medical examination of the victim confirmed rape,” said DCP (east) Prabhakar. On Tuesday, the doctor had called over the victim to his house and allegedly raped her. Sources in east Delhi police said the accused, Dr Pradip Kumar Bhatia works at a government hospital in east Delhi. He had met the victim while she had gone to him for treatment.

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timesofindia.com on May 17, 2012 reported that a 39-year-old paediatric cardiologist working at a hospital in Mogappair was arrested on charges of rape on Tuesday night. Police said Dr C Yogesh, a native of Maharashtra, began an affair with Dr Preethi, an anaesthetist, four months ago with a promise of marriage. He also told her that he had filed a petition in the family court to dissolve his first marriage. "Dr Yogesh who got married in June 2010 has been living separately," a police officer said. Dr Yogesh promised to marry Dr Preethi, a native of Thiruvananthapuram, saying that he would divorce his wife as there were no legal issues involved, said Thirumangalam inspector Geetha.

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channelnewsasia.com on May 17, 2012 reported that a doctor has been censured and fined for professional misconduct. A Disciplinary Committee Inquiry found Dr Chai Chwan, 47, guilty of 31 charges of misconduct. The Singapore Medical Council said on Thursday that the Inquiry proceedings arose out of two complaints by the Ministry of Health. One was on August 10, 2007 about Dr Chai's practice at Little Cross Family Clinic in Tampines. The other was on April 30, 2008 about his practice at My Little Family Clinic in Jalan Bukit Merah. The SMC said Dr Chai faced a total of 71 charges. The first group of charges related to the way he managed patients who had been prescribed Subutex. He faced a total of 49 charges – 27 were for patients seen at Little Cross Family Clinic and 22 for patients seen at My Little Family Clinic. Another set of charges revolved around financial schemes.

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straitstimes.com on May 17, 2012 reported that an eye doctor who was sued for medical negligence has settled the case with his patient out of court. Dr Marc Tay Tze-Hsin, 51, will pay the patient, Ms Song Lee Shen, 42, an undisclosed sum of money without admission of liability on his part. Ms Song, who is in the IT industry, sought treatment from Dr Tay in November 2007 to correct her vision. He carried out evaluation tests on her eyes to determine if she was a good candidate for Lasik surgery.

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deccanchronicle.com on May 17, 2012 reported that in an indication of how deep rooted the illegal trade in kidneys is, the Punjagutta police on Wednesday arrested a Gandhi Hospital nephrologist for his alleged involvement in at least one illegal kidney transplantation surgery. The arrested Dr Ramesh Chada was subsequently produced before the magistrate at the Nampally court for judicial remand. Two other persons, Ganesh and Pratap, said to be assistants of Dr Ramesh Chada, were also arrested on charges of helping the doctor. Confirming the trio’s arrest, DCP (West Zone) Stephen Ravindra said, “The two assistants were picked up for brokering the deal for Dr Ramesh Chada.”

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timesofindia.com on May 17, 2012 reported that Director Professor of Maulana Azad Medical College and another senior retired government doctor of LNJP have been remanded to a 14-day judicial custody after they were arrested for allegedly purchasing medical equipment at exorbitant rates in connivance with equipment suppliers. Arrested by the anti-corruption branch of Delhi Police on May 15, Dr V K Ramteke (59), director-professor and head of the department (surgery) at MAMC, and 62-year-old Dr Manmohan Singh Chopra (retd), associate of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, were produced before special judge B R Kedia who remanded them to judicial custody.

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deccanherald.com on May 15, 2012 reported that a doctor who runs a hospital in Jagadhri area of this district has been arrested for allegedly aborting a female foetus illegally. The ultrasound centre where the scan was carried out a month back that revealed the status of the unborn child as that of a female was also sealed after the authorities carried out a raid at the two premises late on Monday night. The shocking incident, which is not an isolated case Haryana – infamous for its adverse sex-ratio and Yamunanagar being one of the districts with poor male-female ratio – took place in New Saraswati Colony. Doctor Priyanka Thakur, who claims to hold a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine (BAMS) degree, was arrested under the provisions of the PNDT Act after the incident came to light on?Monday when the foetus was aborted.

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timesofindia.com on May 16, 2012 reported that the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld a state commission order that found an ayurvedic doctor guilty of negligence after the allopathic medicine he administered to a man in 2004 led to his death. The commission said the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission's order directing Dr R R Singh to pay the man's widow, Pratibha Gamre, Rs 7 lakh was just. The National Commission said the doctor should not have admitted Pandurang Gamre as his condition was alarming and should have advised him to approach a good hospital. "It is difficult to fathom as to how and why drugs like Betnesol, Decadron & Neurobion were prescribed without consulting any allopathic doctor. It is difficult to understand how the petitioner (Dr Singh) switched over to allopathy without any knowledge of the same. A doctor is not supposed to play with the lives of people for his personal gain," the commission said.

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timesofindia.com on May 16, 2012 reported that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught red-handed a doctor while accepting a bribe of Rs. 1,500 for issuing a medical certificate in Bharatpur's Bhusawar area. According to IG, ACB, Umesh Mishra, one Devi Singh had approached the bureau claiming that one Dr Sunil Gehlot at the community health centre in Bhusawar was demanding a bribe of Rs. 1,500 from him. "According to Singh, he was undergoing treatment at the centre. He wanted to get a medical certificate for his illness. When he approached Dr Sunil, he said that if he wanted to get a favourable medical report, he would have to pay him Rs. 1,500," said the officer.

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thejakartapost.com on May 15, 2012 reported that hospital patient Sandy Chong claims she was flung almost 2 meters after a food trolley crashed into her on a ward. The finance manager was talking to a doctor when she was struck on her right side and thrown into another part of the room, court documents say. She suffered multiple fractures and is now suing Tan Tock Seng Hospital for alleged negligence. Chong, who was 44 at the time of the collision in 2009, claims it caused her severe pain, affected her career and also meant she had to hire a maid. But the hospital argues that she was partly to blame for failing to keep a proper lookout. It also says that her injuries were aggravated by her existing ailments. The case is being heard at the High Court, where payouts for damages start at S$250,000 (US$198,791).

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deccanchronicle.com on May 13, 2012 reported that a young woman died at a hospital in Moulali here on Friday evening after complications arose following medical termination of her pregnancy. Tests had earlier confirmed that the victim’s one-and-half-month-old foetus was dead and had to be removed surgically, the police said. The deceased, N. Kamala, 22, was wife of one N. Ayappa, a resident of Machilipatnam. On Saturday, her parents registered a complaint against the hospital, Life Spring Maternity Hospital, and the surgeon, Dr Jansi. They alleged that the doctors delayed medical support as Kamala’s conditioned worsened post-surgery.

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timesofindia.com on May 14, 2012 reported that an elderly physician in central Kolkata was arrested on Saturday for molesting a 17-year-old girl. Police said that the doctor was arrested by Girish Park Police on Saturday night after the teenage girl lodged a complaint. The accused, however, denied the allegation and was granted bail on a personal release bond the same night. The complainant is a resident of Girish Park area. She was suffering from fever since Wednesday. When the fever persisted till Friday evening, the girl went to the local general physician who has a chamber at a chemist's shop in the area.

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dailytelegraph.com.au on May 11, 2012 reported that a doctor struck off the medical roll 16 years ago for groping his young female patients will return to medical practice in a NSW hospital. Bruce Litchfield has overcome the flaws in his character that led to him to make inappropriate sexual gestures and he was no longer a risk to his patients, the state's Medical Tribunal has ruled. However Mr Litchfield will be closely supervised by a senior doctor.

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victorharbortimes.com.au on May 10, 2012 reported that former pharmacist John Jelfs was given a suspended sentence, a good behaviour bond and a substantial fine in the Christies Beach Magistrates Court on May 4 after pleading guilty to drugs charges. Mr Jelfs originally faced more than 75 charges relating to the alleged illegal supply of medication, including pseudophedrine, morphine and methadone, after police raided his Normanville pharmacy in June 2010.

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mid-day.com on May 10, 2012 reported that a 26-year-old man who posed as a doctor and member of a Usmanabad-based non-profit organisation was arrested yesterday for duping several members of housing societies in Hadapsar by promising to give them a swine flu vaccine at a reduced price. The arrested quack was identified as Kisan Magar Dongare, a resident of Khirid village in Mulshi taluka. The police said Dongare hailed from Usmanabad district. “Over the past three to four days, Kisan was meeting society members of Vastu Samrudhi, Saisavera and Sukhwani apartments in Hadapsar posing as a doctor and member of a Usmanabad-based NGO and collecting money by promising to give a swine flu vaccine at a concessional rate,” Assistant Police Inspector Satish Chavan from the Hadapsar police station said. “In the last three days, he collected Rs 200 from over 100 people in these societies, but on Wednesday, when he visited Vastu Samrudhi society to collect money, a resident, Pravin Shevkar, caught hold of him and called the police.”

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thejakartapost.com on May 08, 2012 reported that Dr Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen, 37, who pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a 19-year-old female undergraduate while dressed up as a secondary school girl, was sentenced to serve a year's probation and ordered to do 60 hours of community service. District Judge Francis Remedios also ordered Ngeow to attend psychological and psychiatric treatment prescribed by the Institute of Mental Heath, as well as undergo any offence-specific treatment offered by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. His wife, who was in court, signed a $5,000 bond as security for his good behaviour during the period of probation.

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