Former Director of Nightingale Home convicted

[melzp]

SINGAPORE: The director of the nursing home that was accused of mistreating an elderly female resident in 2011 has been convicted.

Former director of Nightingale Nursing Home Tan Choo Woah on Monday admitted to the failure to provide optimal quality care to the patient.

The highest penalty for the offence is a fine of up to S$20,000 or a jail term of up to two years, or both.

Tan also admitted to various charges of illegal deployment and false declaration to the Ministry of Manpower, among other things.

She also represented Greenview Nursing Home as well as Civic Ambulance Services and was convicted of similar manpower-related charges.

The Nightingale Nursing Home scandal was sparked by a video secretly filmed by the son of the elderly patient who was abused.

The patient was seen being flung onto a bed and slapped by staff of the nursing home.


Unbelievable! We all thought its Bayeee. He must be TUA PEK KONG to take the rap.

 

[Kohliantye]

What happened to the two idiotic nurses that mistreated her and were seen laughing away?

If they were foreigners, they should be declared "persona-non-grata" by the ICA?

We don't need such brutes among the sick, frail and elderly in Homes.

 

[melzp]

Can someone explain on this. There are Directors n only 1(individual) is charged. Its an organisation
and the 2 caretakers are DIRECTLY involved. Furthermore, the Org also hv been charged by MOM for
illegal deployment of staff in Khalsa FC(related to Bayee) related activities. So(this former Dir), hv been
sacked or asked to leave and take the rap......I saw on CNA that Davinder is rep. the Home too. Interesting.

 

[ionzu]

I saw on CNA that Davinder is rep. the Home too. Interesting.

his services are available for the right price. nothing interesting to see another capitalist at work.

 

[Ultŕaman]

Nightingale Nursing Home fined $15k for abusing elderly patient

Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012
YourHealth, AsiaOne

SINGAPORE - In the first case of its kind, the nursing home accused of mistreating an elderly patient has been fined $15,000 for failing to ensure an approved level of care in its nursing practices.

The case first came to light when Madam Peh Siew Lay's son installed a camera-clock beside her bed, which subsequently recorded her being tossed onto the bed by two of Nightingale Nursing Home's staff and another slapping her on the mouth.

The nursing home was fined another $11,000 for illegally deploying their foreign worker nursing aides as food and drink sellers, cheerleaders and security personnel at Toa Payoh Stadium during football games.

Its sister organisation, Greenview Nursing Home under the Nightingale Group, was also fined $6,500 on similar charges of illegal deployment.

In addition, Civic Ambulance Services, also under the Nightingale Group, was fined $20,000 for falsely declaring the salaries of its foreign staff.

Nightingale's director Tan Choo Waoh, 64, was fined $12,000 for requiring workers to work more than the statutory eight hours per day when signing their employment contracts and for not paying them for overtime work in June 2010.

District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim said the heavy sentence was to send a message to nursing home operators that the law has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to the inappropriate treatment of elderly patients.

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[laksaboy]

LOL. $15K is sup sup sui for these rich cocksuckers.

Now he will vent his frustration at the fine on another hapless elderly.

 

[GoldenDragon]

his services are available for the right price. nothing interesting to see another capitalist at work.

Was told pro bono does not exist in his vocab. It's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ all the way.

 

[Mdm Tang]

his services are available for the right price. nothing interesting to see another capitalist at work.

Because Tan Choo Woah 's husband is

a Singh also ?

 

[loneshark]

Nightingale Nursing Home fined $15k for abusing elderly patient

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The nursing home was fined another $11,000 for illegally deploying their foreign worker nursing aides as food and drink sellers, cheerleaders and security personnel at Toa Payoh Stadium during football games.

What other business is he in?

 

[melzp]

u ALL STILL DONT GET IT?1. TAN (64YR) TAKES ALL THE CRAP LIKE A tUA pEK kONG.
2. cHEERLEADERS AT TP STADIUM. wHO INVOLVEd ? kHALSA fc? bAYEE OWNED.
3. lAWYER ENGAGED...............dEVINDER
4. wHO ARE D MAIN DIRECTORS? bAYEE SOMEMORE
i HV NOTHING AGAINST bAYEE........BUT DO U ALL SEE THE CHAPATI PREPARATION/RECIPES??

 

[ionzu]

Was told pro bono does not exist in his vocab. It's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ all the way.

he would not have been a lawyer otherwise. you cannot expect a fish to walk on water, as you cannot expect a lawyer to work for free.

 

[KuanTi01]

yeah man. Nightingale and Civic are bayee-owned businesses.

 

[EyeToEye]

Nightingale director fails to stop probe

Nightingale Nursing Home Director Tan Choo Woah is ordered by the court to pay costs for a failed appeal on a disciplinary case against her. The Singapore Nursing Board's disciplinary committee notes that Madam Tan's conduct had repercussions for the nursing profession and that she should be censured and suspended for two months.

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013
The Straits Times
By K. C. Vijayan

SINGAPORE - Nightingale Nursing Home's nursing director Tan Choo Waoh on Wednesday lost her bid to stop a Singapore Nursing Board disciplinary case against her.

Madam Tan, 65, had applied for a High Court judicial review of the probe, alleging the board was biased as it had pre-judged her case.

But the board successfully countered her claims in a daylong, closed-door hearing before Justice Quentin Loh, who dismissed the case and ordered Madam Tan to pay costs.

Nightingale Home hit the headlines in 2011 after a man secretly filmed his 77-year-old mother being slapped and thrown onto a bed at the home.

The home was fined $15,000 for failing to ensure that its care met approved standards.

In a separate case last September, Madam Tan was fined $12,000 for allowing contract staff to work overtime and failingto pay overtime rates.

The board convened a complaints committee to investigate her. But days before the hearing could take place, Madam Tan received a document titled "The (Board's) Submissions On Sentencing".

It alleged that she had failed to treat her staff fairly and had taken advantage of them.

The document also claimed that Madam Tan's conduct had repercussions for the nursing profession and that she should be censured and suspended for two months.

Drew & Napier lawyer Jaikanth Shankar, who was acting for Madam Tan, argued that the whole point of the board's document was to inform the committee she was guilty and deserved to be punished.

But at a committee hearing in April, the board made it clear that it was merely prosecuting the case and had not reached the stage where it had to deliberate on the committee's findings.

Rajah & Tann lawyer Rebecca Chew acted for the board on Wednesday. Justice Loh is expected to issue the written grounds for his decision in due course.