Chia Foong Lin v Singapore Medical Council
| Jurisdiction | Singapore |
| Judge | Chao Hick Tin JA,Andrew Phang Boon Leong JA,Judith Prakash JA |
| Judgment Date | 27 June 2017 |
| Court | High Court (Singapore) |
| Docket Number | Originating Summons No 10 of 2016 |
| Date | 27 June 2017 |
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4 cases
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Wong Meng Hang v Singapore Medical Council
...who had negligently failed to make prompt referrals or run diagnostic tests (for example, Chia Foong Lin v Singapore Medical Council [2017] 5 SLR 334 and the case of Dr L E (cited in Lee Kim Kwong at [35])) is simply misplaced. In our judgment, because of the utmost severity of the harm cau......
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Goh Guan Sin v Yeo Tseng Tsai
...condition had improved from that taken at 1655 hrs. Lastly, the Plaintiff cited the case of Chia Foong Lin v Singapore Medical Council [2017] 5 SLR 334 (“Chia Foong Lin”) and two medical authorities (a textbook by Majid Samii,198 and an article by Briggs and Kaye199) to argue that a CT scan......
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Singapore Medical Council v Lim Lian Arn
...when such further assessment was warranted in the circumstances: at [61]–[62]. Similarly, in Chia Foong Lin v Singapore Medical Council [2017] 5 SLR 334, we reiterated that the threshold to be crossed before misconduct may be found is a high one. Misconduct entails more than mere negligence......
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Ho Tze Woon v Singapore Medical Council
...mere negligence, professional incompetence or an error of judgment (see Lim Lian Arn at [37], Chia Foong Lin v Singapore Medical Council [2017] 5 SLR 334 at [60]–[61]). While negligence can sometimes amount to professional misconduct, it is only cases involving gross negligence that will fa......
1 books & journal articles
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Biomedical Law and Ethics
...alone. They do not represent the views of the State Courts of Singapore. 1 The decision in Chia Foong Lin v Singapore Medical Council [2017] 5 SLR 334 is not reviewed as no noteworthy legal issues were raised. 2 [2017] 1 SLR 918. 3 ACB v Thomson Medical Pte Ltd [2017] 1 SLR 918 at [41]. 4 A......