Itturalde v Hilo Medical Center: Lessons from a dramatic case of medical negligence

by zeekin on 4 May 2012

Date : 24th May 2012, Thursday
Time : 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Venue : Auditorium, Health Sciences Authority, 11 Outram Road, S’pore

 

Itturalde v Hilo Medical Center

Hawaii’s latest malpractice case featuring the unorthodox use of a screwdriver shaft as a substitute for an orthopedic titanium rod. The case raises legal issues of respondeat superior, negligent credentialling, joint and several liability, products liability, professional misconduct and punitive damages. These issues will be discussed with reference to Singapore law.

Speaker

Prof Tan Siang Yong MD, JD, is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii, and Director of The St. Francis International Centre for Healthcare Ethics in Honolulu. He is a distinguished scholar with over 100 published articles in endocrinology, law, ethics and medical history. Author of the 2006 book “Medical Malpractice: Understanding the Law, Managing the Risk,” he recently completed “Medical Negligence and Professional Misconduct”, a Singapore Halsbury treatise which is scheduled for release in mid 2012.

Chairman

Mr Nicholas Cheong (Advocate & Solicitor)
Hon. Secretary
Medico-Legal Society of S’pore

 

Registration : Registration is FREE. Please register with Catherine at 93876059 or email medlegalsociety@yahoo.com

 

Annual General Meeting 2012

by zeekin on 31 March 2012

The 39th Annual General Meeting (“AGM“) cum pre-AGM lecture was conducted on 23 March 2012.

Please click here for the Secretaries’ Report presented at the AGM.

Please click here for the Notice of the AGM.

Please click here for the Notice of the Pre-AGM talk 2012: Coroner’s Inquiry into the Death of Franklin Heng.

Please click here for the Minutes of the AGM.

Please click here for the Accounts Statement of the MLS.

 

 

 

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