Doctor suspended for offensive posts on HardwareZone

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An Australian medical tribunal riled by lurid posts that an errant doctor placed on Singapore tech portal HardwareZone's forums has banned him from six weeks' practice and ordered him to undergo lessons in ethical behaviour and communications, particularly in the use of social...

In his defence, Dr Lee explained comments he had made, including one in 2016 in which he posted:"Some women deserve to be raped, and that supercilious little ***** fits the bill in every way."

While he accepted they could be perceived as inflammatory, misogynistic or racist, he insisted he has not allowed his views to affect his care of patients, and that anger had clouded his judgment then.

 

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