27-year-old woman second person to be charged with defamation over false report on miscarriage at KKH

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SINGAPORE - A 27-year-old woman linked to a 2022 publication of an online report carrying false claims about a pregnant woman losing her baby in KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) will face defamation charges on Monday (May 6). The police, in a statement on May 5, said KKH lodged a police report on March 25, 2022, over an online...

27-year-old woman second person to be charged with defamation over false report on miscarriage at KKHSINGAPORE - A 27-year-old woman linked to a 2022 publication of an online report carrying false claims about a pregnant woman losing her baby in KK Women's and Children's Hospital will face defamation charges on Monday .

The story - published on Wake Up Singapore's website, Facebook page and Instagram account - alleged that the hospital mismanaged the care of a female patient on Feb 28, 2022. The report said a woman who was 20 weeks pregnant and Covid-19 positive was reported to have arrived at KKH to seek treatment after experiencing severe abdominal pains at 2pm on that day. It added that she was told to wait at a drop-off area but started to bleed at 5pm, and was not attended to. She said she saw a doctor only at 6pm, after a four-hour wait, and was told she had lost her baby.Police investigations found the claims to be false.

 

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