The Singapore Medical Council has taken two general
practitioners to task for professional misconduct.
Dr Yip Chee Wei, who practices at the Yip Family Clinic, located
at Blk 716 Yishun Street 71, was suspended for six months and fined
$5,000.
He pleaded guilty to 15 charges of professional misconduct.
Eight of them were related to dispensing hypnotic drugs and
cough mixtures containing codeine.
The disciplinary committee was of the view that they are two
types of common medication that were abused by patients.
Dr Yip, who was also censured, has voluntarily closed down his
practice.
The second GP, De Lee Geok Hwa, practises as a locum in various
clinics in Singapore.
She pleaded guilty to one charge of professional misconduct.
She had certified to the Controller of Work Permits in a medical
report that she had conducted tests, including pregnancy screening
on her foreign domestic worker, when she didn't.
Dr Lee was fined $3,000 and censured.
--938Live