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SINGAPORE : The Singapore Medical Council has censured a doctor and fined her S$3,000 for two charges of professional misconduct and gross negligence.
Dr Diana Ramos Santos, who was working at Clementi Polyclinic at the time of the offence in 2005, had pleaded guilty to the Council's disciplinary inquiry on November 11.
In the first charge, Dr Santos had inappropriately prescribed the wrong dosage of 0.25 mg of digoxin, used to stabilise heart rhythms, instead of 0.0625 mg, to an 88-year-old patient, Madam Koh on 26 March 2005.
The inquiry found Dr Santos did not amend the prescription even after realising this.
On the second charge, Dr Santos was grossly negligent in managing the patient because she failed to check blood clotting results in a timely manner after increasing the dosage of warfarin - a drug that thins the blood.
Questions were asked after the Health Ministry sent a complaint letter to the Council - following a coroner's inquiry into the patient's death.
Besides the censure and fine, Dr Santos was also ordered to give a written undertaking to abstain from similar conduct in future, and to pay costs of the disciplinary proceedings.
Dr Santos is no longer practising as a doctor in Singapore, as her registration with the Council was terminated in August 2006. - CNA/ms
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