SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A diabetes patient who had a fever and a painful lump in his buttock ended up losing part of his scrotum to gangrene because the company doctor did not examine him and refer him to a hospital for treatment.
On Wednesday (March 6), Dr Mohd Syamsul Alam Ismail was suspended for 2½ years and fined $40,000 (RM120, 489) for professional misconduct.
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