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$20K fine only- no mention of compensation to patients. If you're the "father" of this child that doesn't even look like you, what would you do?
He'd be wearing a green hat all his life being cuckolded by this incident though no fault of his wife. Is he obliged to financially support this "son" whose existence is never intended?
How come no one's head is rolling for failure in compliance monitoring?
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD><!-- Story With Image End --></TD><TD><TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- byline display here --><!-- CONTENT : start -->The hospital which made the headlines last year for an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) mix-up has been fined for its role in the fiasco.
The Fertility Centre at Thomson Medical Centre was fined $20,000, after pleading guilty to breaching a condition of its Ministry of Health (MOH) licence.
Its lapse in the assisted reproduction treatment resulted in a woman giving birth to a baby who is not biologically related to her husband.
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DNA tests later showed that the baby had the make-up of the mother, who is a Chinese Singaporean woman, but not that of the father, who is a Caucasian permanent resident.
The court heard that in January last year, the centre processed two semen specimens in a laminar hood at the same time. After each step of processing, it did not get rid of the instruments which are used to hold liquids, known as disposable pipettes. It instead labelled these pipettes and kept them for use in subsequent processing of the same patient.
The Straits Times reported that according to Deputy Public Prosecutor Charlene Tay, these practices were neither suitable nor acceptable, based on locally and internationally accepted norms. She also said that local experts have confirmed that a disposable pipette should not be reused in multiple steps in semen processing. Also, only one semen specimen should be processed at any one time, to avoid mix-ups.
According to The New Paper, he called on the court to impose the maximum fine because "the mix-up cannot be adequately compensated for in monetary terms", saying that this is a source of "much anguish" for the couple. She also said that it is likely to have "long-term psychological effects on the child when he grows up".
Senior Counsel Lok Vi Ming, who was acting for the hospital, said that the pipettes were never used or re-used to process different patients' specimens.
In mitigation, he also said that the centre has never sought to avoid responsibility in relation to the case.
District judge Sarjit Singh said the maximum fine was called for, as a form of deterrence, and to signal that a very high degree of care was necessary to assure confidence to couples who want to seek help from the centre in the future.
While it can continue to treat existing patients, Thomson Medical remains suspended from initiating fresh cycles of assisted reproduction treatment.
In a Straits Times report, Mr Allan Yeo, president (Singapore and Vietnam) of Thomson Medical, said the company fully accepted the sentence.
'We are truly sorry for the distress that this has caused to the parties involved,' he said. 'Through this time, we have taken every effort to be transparent and compliant with the investigation. We have since strengthened our governance and have put in place more robust protocol to ensure that we fully comply with the regulatory requirements.'
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$20K fine only- no mention of compensation to patients. If you're the "father" of this child that doesn't even look like you, what would you do?
He'd be wearing a green hat all his life being cuckolded by this incident though no fault of his wife. Is he obliged to financially support this "son" whose existence is never intended?
How come no one's head is rolling for failure in compliance monitoring?
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The Fertility Centre at Thomson Medical Centre was fined $20,000, after pleading guilty to breaching a condition of its Ministry of Health (MOH) licence.
Its lapse in the assisted reproduction treatment resulted in a woman giving birth to a baby who is not biologically related to her husband.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=300 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD><!-- Copyright DoubleClick Inc., All rights reserved. --><!-- This code was autogenerated @ Wed Jun 22 23:58:16 EDT 2011 --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The couple, who had undergone IVF treatments at the centre, suspected that all was not right when th baby's complexion did not match theirs.
DNA tests later showed that the baby had the make-up of the mother, who is a Chinese Singaporean woman, but not that of the father, who is a Caucasian permanent resident.
The court heard that in January last year, the centre processed two semen specimens in a laminar hood at the same time. After each step of processing, it did not get rid of the instruments which are used to hold liquids, known as disposable pipettes. It instead labelled these pipettes and kept them for use in subsequent processing of the same patient.
The Straits Times reported that according to Deputy Public Prosecutor Charlene Tay, these practices were neither suitable nor acceptable, based on locally and internationally accepted norms. She also said that local experts have confirmed that a disposable pipette should not be reused in multiple steps in semen processing. Also, only one semen specimen should be processed at any one time, to avoid mix-ups.
According to The New Paper, he called on the court to impose the maximum fine because "the mix-up cannot be adequately compensated for in monetary terms", saying that this is a source of "much anguish" for the couple. She also said that it is likely to have "long-term psychological effects on the child when he grows up".
Senior Counsel Lok Vi Ming, who was acting for the hospital, said that the pipettes were never used or re-used to process different patients' specimens.
In mitigation, he also said that the centre has never sought to avoid responsibility in relation to the case.
District judge Sarjit Singh said the maximum fine was called for, as a form of deterrence, and to signal that a very high degree of care was necessary to assure confidence to couples who want to seek help from the centre in the future.
While it can continue to treat existing patients, Thomson Medical remains suspended from initiating fresh cycles of assisted reproduction treatment.
In a Straits Times report, Mr Allan Yeo, president (Singapore and Vietnam) of Thomson Medical, said the company fully accepted the sentence.
'We are truly sorry for the distress that this has caused to the parties involved,' he said. 'Through this time, we have taken every effort to be transparent and compliant with the investigation. We have since strengthened our governance and have put in place more robust protocol to ensure that we fully comply with the regulatory requirements.'
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