A general practitioner will serve a six-month suspension
starting June 1st, for falsely claiming to be a specialist of
plastic and cosmetic surgery.
This is the first time a doctor has been convicted on such
charges.
Dr Zubin Firdos Medora had been practising at two locations -
Medora Centre for Aesthetic Medicine at Camden Medical Centre and
Plastic Surgery and Hair Clinic at Delfi Orchard.
In February this year, the disciplinary committee of the
Singapore Medical Council or SMC conducted an inquiry.
It found that while Dr Medora was registered as a medical
practitioner with the SMC, he had not obtained any speciality
training or qualifications and is not accredited by the Specialists
Accreditation Board.
Apart from his claim to be a specialist of plastic and cosmetic
surgery, Dr Medora was also convicted of a second charge of
publishing misleading statements on his clinics' websites.
The SMC says many of the statements, including claims on his
experience, training and qualifications, were unsubstantiated.
The committee ordered that Dr Medora be censured and suspended
for six months.
His appeal to the Court of Three Judges was dismissed earlier
this month.
--938Live