Medical negligence or malpractice is failure to exercise an accepted standard of care in medical professional skills or knowledge, resulting in injury, damage or loss. Such transgressions can have severe consequences – in 2007, an elderly woman was given 1,000 times the correct dose of radioactive iodine due to the negligence of her doctor. Following the incident, the woman developed thyroid gland disorder and was later diagnosed with lymphoma, cancer of the blood. In case of malpractice, the first port of call should be to lodge complaint with the Singapore Medical Council (“SMC”), which is statutory board under the Ministry of Health. All mediations under HMS will be facilitated by two mediators (typically one medical expert and one legal expert)
Medical Negligence and Malpractice in Singapore – SingaporeLegalAdvice.com
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