SINGAPORE: A doctor was charged on Thursday (Mar 12) with causing the death of a 63-year-old woman by a negligent act during kidney surgery.
Dr Fong Yan Kit, a 54-year-old Singaporean, is accused of erroneously severing certain vessels during a keyhole surgery between 1.30pm and 4.10pm on Apr 29, 2022 at Raffles Hospital.
Dr Fong is also accused of concluding the surgery without checking that he had severed the correct vessels.
As a result, the patient’s intra-abdominal organs suffered infarction, or tissue death due to inadequate blood supply.
