hegar dilatorsA DOCTOR from Raffles Hospital has been fined and censured for delivering a woman's baby with an instrument not regarded to be within the norms of acceptable medical practice. Aside from being charged over using what is called a Hegar dilator to enlarge his patient's cervix to induce labour, Dr Koh Gim Hwee, 49, faced a second charge of failing to inform his patient of the risks in going for a vaginal delivery after she had previously undergone a caesarean section. He also faced a third charge over his inducing of labour for that delivery without getting his patient's informed consent after being advised of the benefits and risks of doing so.
The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) fined him $10,000 and censured him following proceedings in April and last month. Dr Koh, who contested all three charges and was acquitted of only the second one, also had to give written undertakings not to use the dilator to induce labour, and to advise his patients of the relevant risks. He had to pay costs and cover the expenses arising from the disciplinary proceedings. Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Strait Times.
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