The inquiry on him was convened in response to a complaint in November 2008 from the patient’s husband.
Aside from being charged over using what is called a Hegar dilator to enlarge his patient’s cervix to induce labour, Dr Koh Gim Hwee, 49, faced a second charge of failing to inform his patient of the risks in going for a vaginal delivery after she had previously undergone a caesarean section.
Doctors would usually discourage women who have had two caesarean sections from trying for a vaginal birth.
This is because a woman with a caesarean scar on her womb could suffer a uterine rupture along the scar line during natural labour.
He also faced a third charge over his inducing of labour for that delivery without getting his patient’s informed consent after being advised of the benefits and risks of doing so.
The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) fined him $10,000 and censured him following proceedings in April and last month.
Dr Koh, who contested all three charges and was acquitted of only the second one, also had to give written undertakings not to use the dilator to induce labour, and to advise his patients of the relevant risks.
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