Dr Jipson Quah, the doctor accused with fraudulently stating that individuals had received COVID-19 injections, reportedly charged up to $1,500 for administering fake vaccinations to his patients.
Additionally, the 33-year-old authorized at least 430 patients to undergo antigen rapid testing (ARTs) remotely in December last year, despite the fact that such procedures were against Singapore's then-current guidelines.
Quah was suspended for 18 months on 23 March for these violations by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), which published the case's reasons of judgment online on Monday (11 April).
Uploading fake vaccination statuses to the Ministry of Health's database
Quah, whose Wan Medical Clinic is being investigated for allegedly partnering with anti-vaccine group "Healing The Divide" to provide remote ART pre-event testing for group members, is accused of injecting patients with saline solution instead of the COVID-19 vaccine and uploading false vaccination statuses to the Ministry of Health's (MOH) National Immunisation Registry.
According to SMC's interim orders committee, he was reportedly paid between $1,000 and $1,500 by three unvaccinated patients to pass off injectable saline solution as COVID-19 vaccination. The majority of clinics charge between $50 and $100 for each vaccination dosage.
These three patients were among perhaps 15 others that Quah injected with saline solution and subsequently submitted their erroneous vaccination status to a government database.
Quah also organized remote pre-event testing for unvaccinated individuals, despite the fact that this was not permitted at the time. These individuals may pay him a monthly membership fee of $125 for daily testing or pay him $12 each test on an ad-hoc basis.
A Wan Medical Clinic staff member let individuals to send pre-recorded videos of themselves doing the COVID-19 exam, along with their names, dates, and times. Their test results would subsequently be uploaded to another database maintained by the Ministry of Health.
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