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4,000 sign petition over Singapore Medical Council ruling
They want minister to examine decision after doctor was fined $100k in disciplinary case
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Petitioners are concerned that the ruling could fundamentally change the way medicine is practised in Singapore, by imposing a significant additional burden on doctors that will in turn increase the time and cost of treatment.
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Disquiet over a recent disciplinary ruling by a Singapore Medical Council (SMC) tribunal has prompted more than 4,000 people, many of whom are doctors, to sign a petition to Health Minister Gan Kim Yong.
The ruling imposed a $100,000 fine on Dr Lim Lian Arn for not telling his patient about possible side effects from a commonly used injection. The side effects usually last one to two days.
