Doctor who accessed records of colleague's patients sues Sin...

SINGAPORE - A neurosurgeon is suing SingHealth for wrongful dismissal after he was sacked for repeatedly accessing the medical records of a fellow doctor's patients so that he can "police" the colleague. Dr Eddie Tan Tung Wee, 43, said in court on July 29 that what he had done was "unauthorised but justified", as he had accessed patient records for the purposes of whistleblowing. The healthcare group rejected Dr Tan's purported reasons for committing data breach, arguing that he was simply motivated by professional rivalry. Dr Tan, who is not represented by a lawyer, was taking the stand on the first day of a nine-day High Court trial. He was dismissed on March 14, 2022, after SingHealth, which is Singapore's largest public healthcare cluster, convened a committee of inquiry (COI) to investigate his data breach. The reason for his dismissal was his "recalcitrant and targeted unautho...