16 disciplined after S’pore hospital hepatitis C outbreak

March 17, 2016

The state-run Singapore General Hospital (SGH) where the outbreak took place said separately it had disciplined 12 senior staff, including those in senior management.

SINGAPORE: Sixteen people have been disciplined in Singapore for a hepatitis C outbreak in the city-state’s largest hospital last year that left at least seven patients dead, officials said Thursday.

The Ministry of Health said in a statement four of its staff holding director-level roles were given warnings and financial penalties for failing to step in early to prevent the disease from spreading. It did not say how much the penalties were.

The state-run Singapore General Hospital (SGH) where the outbreak took place said separately it had disciplined 12 senior staff, including those in senior management. Its punishments were similar to those meted out by the ministry.

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Union slams media reports about forged sick chits

March 12, 2016

No medical assistant or union member investigated or charged for such offences, says the National Union of Medical Assistants.

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of Medical Assistants (Numa) has denied that any of its members were involved in medical certificate forgery as implied in recent news reports.

Its president, Taram Singh Walia, said no medical assistant had been charged in court for such an offence and hoped the media would be more careful in their reports of such cases.

“We have checked and ascertained that no medical assistant is under investigation or has been charged with forging MCs. The man who was charged with 24 counts of forging MCs in a recent case is not a medical assistant nor a member of Numa,” he said.

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