A Singapore court sentences Dr Chan Bingyi to 18 months’ imprisonment after finding he caused the death of a 31-year-old woman during an aesthetic procedure. According to reporting, Dr Chan administered ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as part of the treatment. The court finds that the substance was given too quickly and at too high a concentration, leading to EDTA toxicity. The woman later suffers cardiac arrest and dies.
Both outlets also report the judge’s findings on Dr Chan’s conduct after the treatment. The court says Dr Chan concealed information that he had administered EDTA from the victim’s family as well as from paramedics and doctors. The judge describes this as conduct done for the doctor’s own self-preservation. The articles summarise that the prosecution’s case focuses on the medication administration being unsafe and on the subsequent withholding of information from medical responders, which the court viewed as serious wrongdoing.
