SINGAPORE: Prosecution from the Manpower Ministry
(MOM) will be proceeding with 30 of the 86 charges against
Nightingale Nursing Home, Greenview Nursing Home and Civic
Ambulance Services.
The three organisations are expected to make a
decision on whether they will plead guilty to the charges or claim
trial when the case gets mentioned at the pre-trial conference next
month.
Earlier this year, Nightingale Nursing Home was
charged with 33 counts of illegal deployment, false declaration and
not furnishing MOM inspectors with information relating to the
case.
It was also charged under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics
Act for failing to provide optimal quality care.
This came after some of its staff members were seen mistreating a
resident in a video, which was later televised.
Another 32 charges were filed against Nightingale's director, Tan
Choo Woah.
Greenview Nursing Home faces 11 charges relating to illegal
deployment of foreigners. It also faces one other charge of not
furnishing MOM inspectors with information.
Civic Ambulance Services is accused of falsely declaring salaries
on nine counts between September 2007 and May 2009.
The Health Ministry is expected to proceed on the one charge
against Nightingale.
It was suspended last April from admitting new patients, after a
video showing its staff members mistreating a resident came to
light.
- CNA/cc
