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Clinic under probe for hiring locum who is not fully registered

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Dr Joel Arun Sursas worked as a locum at the other clinic to earn extra money to visit his former girlfriend in Canada, but in doing so, he breached the conditions of his medical registration.

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A clinic that employed a young doctor as a locum when he held only a temporary registration is being investigated by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Dr Joel Arun Sursas worked as a locum - or stand-in doctor - at the unnamed private clinic on 47 occasions between July and December 2015, earning a total of $13,000.
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