The Ministry of Health (MOH) has revoked the licence of Prudence Family Clinic in Singapore due to repeated violations of prescribing regulations for medications like codeine cough syrups and sleeping pills. The clinic can no longer provide outpatient services, and two doctors involved are under investigation.
Prudence Family Clinic can no longer provide outpatient medical services, said the Ministry of Health .SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health has revoked the licence of Prudence Family Clinic over its errant prescribing practices for medication including codeine cough syrups and sleeping pills.
"Prudence Family Clinic was given the opportunity to submit representations in respect of the intended revocation, but they did not do so," said MOH. MOH said Prudence Family Clinic failed to properly document and maintain the health records of patients prescribed with codeine cough syrups, benzodiazepines and other hypnotics.
"The numerous contraventions of the conditions of its licence over the course of less than a year demonstrate a lack of effective internal oversight, controls and governance by Prudence Family Clinic," said MOH. Two practising doctors of the clinic involved in the prescribing practices are now being investigated by the Health Sciences Authority.
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