Doctor suspended after unlawfully accessing info on SGH database

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The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has revived a case it previously dismissed with a letter of advice and suspended plastic surgeon Leo Kah Woon for three months. Now in private practice, Dr Leo, 44, used his position as a doctor at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) in 2012...

The Singapore Medical Council has revived a case it previously dismissed with a letter of advice and suspended plastic surgeon Leo Kah Woon for three months.

Now in private practice, Dr Leo, 44, used his position as a doctor at Singapore General Hospital in 2012 to access information in the hospital's database on a man he suspected was having an affair with his wife, as well as information on the man's wife.The man complained to the SMC, which decided no formal inquiry was needed, but sent a letter of advice to Dr Leo in 2014.

However, Dr Leo was found guilty by the courts in 2017 and fined $13,000 for unlawfully accessing data at SGH and installing a spyware program on his laptop to intercept data belonging to his wife.

 

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