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Patient hit doctor, nurse
By Esther Tan
A PATIENT got into more trouble than it was worth during a hospital stay to treat an injured leg.
Lee Soo Guan, 21, was sentenced to 10 months' jail on Monday for punching a doctor and flinging a metal hole-puncher at a nurse during an altercation at Alexandra Hospital in February.
Another charge of behaving disorderly in a public place on Feb 25 was taken into consideration.
Lee, a sales assistant, who occupied a bed in a ward where the victim, Dr Paul Tan Sze Hiang, 29, was working in, mimicked a vulgarity, which the doctor had said under his breath after realising he was looking at the wrong case notes of a patient in the same ward.
Dr Tan told Lee to pipe down but he shouted vulgarities back at him. The two had an exchange and Dr Tan walked away, but Lee suddenly got out of his bed and went after the doctor.
He also flung a metal hole puncher at Dr Tan and a 27-year-old assistant nurse. The puncher hit Ms Altai Erdenetsolmon, on the wrist after she tried to break up the quarrel.
Ms Erdenetsolmon, a Mongolian national, was put on two-days medical leave for a swollen wrist, while Dr Tan suffered pain from the punches.
Patient hit doctor, nurse
By Esther Tan
A PATIENT got into more trouble than it was worth during a hospital stay to treat an injured leg.
Lee Soo Guan, 21, was sentenced to 10 months' jail on Monday for punching a doctor and flinging a metal hole-puncher at a nurse during an altercation at Alexandra Hospital in February.
Another charge of behaving disorderly in a public place on Feb 25 was taken into consideration.
Lee, a sales assistant, who occupied a bed in a ward where the victim, Dr Paul Tan Sze Hiang, 29, was working in, mimicked a vulgarity, which the doctor had said under his breath after realising he was looking at the wrong case notes of a patient in the same ward.
Dr Tan told Lee to pipe down but he shouted vulgarities back at him. The two had an exchange and Dr Tan walked away, but Lee suddenly got out of his bed and went after the doctor.
He also flung a metal hole puncher at Dr Tan and a 27-year-old assistant nurse. The puncher hit Ms Altai Erdenetsolmon, on the wrist after she tried to break up the quarrel.
Ms Erdenetsolmon, a Mongolian national, was put on two-days medical leave for a swollen wrist, while Dr Tan suffered pain from the punches.
