The State Courts charged Haridass Ramdass, a 75-year-old Singaporean doctor who operated a clinic in Chander Road in Little India at the time of the incident, with the death of a patient, Mr Savarimuthu Arul Xavier, 28. The death was allegedly caused by tablets Ramdass prescribed.
The charge was based on the patient being given a prescription of 10 tablets of methotrexate (MTX) without first arranging for him to undergo the required tests.
MTX is a chemotherapy agent and immune system suppressant. The dosage he prescribed was also not in line with established guidelines, according to the charge slapped on the doctor.
The case is apparently a first in which a doctor is charged with causing death by a rash act under Section 304A(a) of the Penal Code.
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The charge was based on the patient being given a prescription of 10 tablets of methotrexate (MTX) without first arranging for him to undergo the required tests.
MTX is a chemotherapy agent and immune system suppressant. The dosage he prescribed was also not in line with established guidelines, according to the charge slapped on the doctor.
The case is apparently a first in which a doctor is charged with causing death by a rash act under Section 304A(a) of the Penal Code.
More at https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/sing...porean-doc-leads-to-patients-death/ar-AAISleq