SINGAPORE — A veteran doctor has been suspended for a year by the Singapore Medical Council for professional misconduct, after a misdiagnosis in 2019 resulted in a teenage patient losing his testicle.SINGAPORE — A veteran doctor has been suspended for a year by the Singapore Medical Council for professional misconduct, after a misdiagnosis in 2019 resulted in a teenage patient losing his testicle.
A second charge of failing to provide adequate information to the patient was taken into consideration for sentencing.He told Dr Yeo that he felt pain in his left abdomen that had started from his left testis.Dr Yeo examined the boy and found that his abdomen was soft and that there was no abnormal mass or torsion in his left testis.Five days later, the boy consulted Dr Yeo again and said he had swelling and pain in his left testis which felt worse when he sat or walked.
Dr Yeo said the boy's condition was serious and asked him to be taken to an accident & emergency department urgently.CASE COMES TO SMC Dr Yeo responded to the SMC's notice of complaint and later sent an apology letter to the patient and his family.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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