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A 44-YEAR-OLD general practitioner who was handed a four-month suspension and a $5,000 penalty for botching a nose job lost his appeal for a lighter sentence for professional misconduct yesterday.
A Court of Three Judges upheld the sentence handed down to Dr Amaldass N. Dass in May by a Singapore Medical Council (SMC) disciplinary committee, which also censured him and ordered him to vow not to repeat similar misconduct.
Make-up artist Sng Hock Guan, 43, had complained to the SMC in April 2010 about Dr Amaldass' conduct before, during and after the rhinoplasty in February 2008.
At the time, Dr Amaldass, the husband of model Junita Simon, ran his own practice, Advanced Aesthetics & Surgery, at Orchard Building. He is now a stand-in doctor at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
In October last year, Dr Amaldass admitted he had failed to adequately explain the risks of the procedure to Mr Sng, who had had five prior nose jobs. He also failed to ensure the patient was effectively sedated before starting the surgery - when Mr Sng indicated he was not properly sedated, Dr Amaldass failed to halt the procedure and provide pain relief.
He did not tell the patient that he had left gauze dressing inside his nasal cavity. He also left remnants of a knotted thread in the area above Mr Sng's nose.
Infection set in and, about 10 days later, Dr Amaldass replaced an infected implant instead of simply removing it.
In his complaint, the patient said he felt "excruciating pain" during the procedure. "The pain made me cry and caused me to break out in a cold sweat," he said.
The committee said Dr Amaldass caused pain and suffering to his patient, breaching a fundamental tenet of the medical profession, which is to do no harm. Dr Amaldass' lawyer, Mr Niru Pillai, argued at his appeal yesterday that the committee had assumed without evidence that the patient was in agony.
The appeal was dismissed without SMC's lawyer, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, having to make oral arguments.
In 2011, a medical negligence suit brought by Mr Sng against Dr Amaldass was settled for $250,000.
A Court of Three Judges upheld the sentence handed down to Dr Amaldass N. Dass in May by a Singapore Medical Council (SMC) disciplinary committee, which also censured him and ordered him to vow not to repeat similar misconduct.
Make-up artist Sng Hock Guan, 43, had complained to the SMC in April 2010 about Dr Amaldass' conduct before, during and after the rhinoplasty in February 2008.
At the time, Dr Amaldass, the husband of model Junita Simon, ran his own practice, Advanced Aesthetics & Surgery, at Orchard Building. He is now a stand-in doctor at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
In October last year, Dr Amaldass admitted he had failed to adequately explain the risks of the procedure to Mr Sng, who had had five prior nose jobs. He also failed to ensure the patient was effectively sedated before starting the surgery - when Mr Sng indicated he was not properly sedated, Dr Amaldass failed to halt the procedure and provide pain relief.
He did not tell the patient that he had left gauze dressing inside his nasal cavity. He also left remnants of a knotted thread in the area above Mr Sng's nose.
Infection set in and, about 10 days later, Dr Amaldass replaced an infected implant instead of simply removing it.
In his complaint, the patient said he felt "excruciating pain" during the procedure. "The pain made me cry and caused me to break out in a cold sweat," he said.
The committee said Dr Amaldass caused pain and suffering to his patient, breaching a fundamental tenet of the medical profession, which is to do no harm. Dr Amaldass' lawyer, Mr Niru Pillai, argued at his appeal yesterday that the committee had assumed without evidence that the patient was in agony.
The appeal was dismissed without SMC's lawyer, Senior Counsel Tan Chee Meng, having to make oral arguments.
In 2011, a medical negligence suit brought by Mr Sng against Dr Amaldass was settled for $250,000.
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