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Man fined $1.5k for throwing hot milk at doctor who accused him of 'tantrums'

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Man fined $1.5k for throwing hot milk at doctor who accused him of 'tantrums'

Published on Mar 16, 2015 4:19 PM

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Abdul Aziz Selamat, 63, was fined $1,500 for splashing a jug of hot milk on a doctor. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Elena Chong

SINGAPORE - A homeless man who splashed a jug of hot milk at a doctor after she wrote that he was prone to tantrums was fined the maximum $1,500 on Monday.

When Dr Parvathy Babu Surendra Babu, 31, refused to delete the comment, 63-year-old Abdul Aziz Selamat told her that he would "show what a tantrum was", then grabbed the jug from a nearby pantry at Thye Hwa Kwan Hospital.

The attack left the 31-year-old doctor suffering redness on her face and chest.

Aziz was originally charged with acting rashly to endanger the personal safety of others, but admitted an amended charge of using criminal force on Sept 3 last year.

The court heard that he had been referred to the hospital for rehabilitation following surgery.

Dr Parvathy, in her summary form, stated that Aziz threw tantrums almost daily and often created trouble for hospital staff.

Two days after his discharge, Aziz returned to the hospital to retrieve his mobile phone charger. He met Dr Parvathy and asked her to delete the adverse comments but she refused, sparking his anger.

He threw milk at the doctor's face and chest and she ran tap water over the affected area, although the redness subsided the next day,

The prosecution admitted to being unable to ascertain the temperature of the milk.

The court heard that Aziz had been afraid that the adverse comments would affect his applications for a Housing Board flat and financial assistance.

Mr Foo Juyuan, who represented Aziz under the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme Fellowship, urged the court not to jail Aziz, citing his various medical ailments, ill health and financial trouble.

He said Aziz, who is jobless, volunteers at Mercy Centre twice a week by packing and delivering food to fellow homeless people.

The lawyer said Aziz is trying to get a licence to busk around Singapore.

Aziz could have been jailed for up to three months on top of the fine.


 

winnipegjets

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How is throwing tantrums part of his medical condition?

Moreover, she is just a GP and thus has no training to diagnose mental illness.
 

Sinkie

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Doctor's case notes are typically in-house confidential and not even the patient has access, which is already wrong.

So, obviously, this is written in his discharge summary. Which is abuse of the discharge summary form.

The discharge summary is itself constrained by the software's limited selection in its drop-down menu. This clearly shows that
the doctor took pains to add-in manually those details, which is vindictive. No doubt the patient is troublesome, but to put it
down is to deliberately communicate to other hospital staff and give this man a bad reputation. The net effect she is trying to
achieve is to victimize the man back for causing trouble. This is very unprofessional.
 

Sinkie

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How to verify if the man is causing trouble or is just asserting his rights as a patient?

So, you see, if you're poor and out, even a doctor will further victimize you.
 
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