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A cardiologist in private practice has been given a list of things he is not allowed to do for 18 months or until a complaint made against him has been resolved.

An interim orders committee of the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) imposed six restrictions on Dr Wong Siong Sung.

Among the restrictions is one that says he must not “pay commissions, or otherwise offer or provide gratuitous payments, gifts or rewards, to ambulance services (including emergency ambulance or medical transport vehicles) for patients referred to the place(s) at which he practises”.

The SMC, the medical profession’s watchdog, received a complaint against Dr Wong in August 2021 concerning his practice at each of two locations: Healthy Heart Specialist Centre and Somerset Imaging Centre at 111 Somerset.
Doctor already earning big bucks

still must bribe others?

Is he born in Malaysia?
Another Pap-bred doctor.