Woman charged with defaming KKH by sending false account of miscarriage to Wake Up Singapore

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SINGAPORE: A 27-year-old woman was on Monday (May 6) charged over her involvement in a Wake Up Singapore article that spread a false story of miscarriage at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH).

KK Women's and Children's Hospital. SINGAPORE: A 27-year-old woman was on Monday charged over her involvement in a Wake Up Singapore article that spread a false story of miscarriage at KK Women's and Children's Hospital .

The Myanmar national, who is a Singapore permanent resident, is accused of"making an imputation" about KKH on Mar 21, 2022 by sending Instagram messages to Wake Up Singapore that detailed a"fabricated account" of how she suffered a miscarriage. The article claimed that KKH's mismanagement resulted in a woman suffering a miscarriage after she waited four hours to receive treatment for COVID-19 and abdominal pains on Feb 28, 2022.

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