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Parvaty d/o Raju and another v National University Hospital (S) Pte Ltd and another [2026] SGHC 7
The court held that medical professionals are not negligent if their actions are supported by a responsible body of medical opinion, and that the duty to advise patients on treatment options is governed by the patient's perspective on materiality, excluding obviously inappropriat
Supuletchimi d/o Rajoogopal v Tay Boon Keng and Others [2002] SGHC 31
A doctor is not negligent if they act in accordance with a practice accepted as proper by a responsible body of medical opinion, provided that such opinion has a logical basis.
Gunapathy Muniandy v James Khoo and Others [2001] SGHC 165
The judgment in Gunapathy Muniandy v James Khoo and Others [2001] SGHC 165 represents one of the most exhaustive examinations of medical negligence and the application of the Bolam test in Singapore’s legal history. Spanning nearly 300 pages, the decision by G P Selvam J addresse
Surender Singh s/o Jagdish Singh And Another (administrators of the estate of Narindar Kaur d/o Sarwan Singh) v Li Man Kay and Others
The court held that the defendants were not negligent in the performance of the HALDN procedure, but NUH was negligent in failing to monitor the patient post-operatively in the general ward.