Olivia Tang make police report after doctor invoke Mental Health act, manhandled and gave injection against her will and sent to IMH

[hardindex]

Look serious, seem like discharged


Under Singapore’s Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008, a hospital cannot simply "forcibly discharge" a patient to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) unless specific legal and medical criteria are met. Here's how it works:


Legal Framework for Transfer to IMH

• Designated Psychiatric Institutions: IMH is one of the designated institutions under the Act. Only these institutions can detain and treat individuals under the provisions of the Act.
• Involuntary Admission: If a person is assessed to be suffering from a mental disorder and poses a risk to themselves or others, a designated medical practitioner (usually at IMH) can authorize involuntary admission under Section 10 of the Act.
• Transfer from Other Hospitals:

• A general hospital cannot detain a patient under the Mental Health Act unless it is also a designated psychiatric institution.
• If a patient in a general hospital is deemed to require psychiatric detention, the hospital may refer or transfer the patient to IMH, but this must be done in accordance with legal procedures—typically involving a psychiatric assessment and formal documentation.

Can a Patient Be "Forcibly Discharged" to IMH?

• Not in the casual sense. The term “forcibly discharged” implies coercion, but the Act requires:

• Medical justification: A psychiatrist must assess the patient and determine that they meet the criteria for involuntary treatment.
• Legal process: The transfer must be documented and comply with the Act’s provisions.
• Police involvement: In some cases, police may assist in transferring individuals who are uncooperative or pose a public risk, but this is governed by strict protocols.

What Patients and Families Should Know

• Patients have rights to dignity, informed consent (where possible), and appeal mechanisms.
• If a patient lacks mental capacity, decisions may be made by legally authorized caregivers.

If you're dealing with a specific case or need help navigating this process, I can help you break down the steps or explore appeal options. Want to go deeper into how IMH handles these transfers or what safeguards exist?

 

[GreatPumpkin]

Need to know what happened beforehand that led to this incident

 

[dambio]

Awaiting statement from ttsh

 

[Visor9999]

What’s this? Medical violence?

 

[powerrr]

Ya now doctors and nurses cannot argue with them one hor.

 

[tExtra]

Why the 10 others want to collude with the doctor? They all want to see her in birthday suit? Why make no mention about what led the doctor to do so? Was she behaving unreasonably? Something dun add up…

 

[McGraw]

Must hear the other side of the story
Big hospital won't anyhow

 

[Daffy7]

Doctor tulan she kpkb and abuse powers under mental health act?

 

[tExtra]

Ya now doctors and nurses cannot argue with them one hor.

Can. It’s the doctors and nurses who cannot argue with the patients / family. Every time ChatGPT…

 

[compro_1975]

how she looks like?

 

[McGraw]

Nowadays a lot of siao karans in singapore

 

[AlmightyOnes]

Another no head no tail story

 

[Sauron]

Tore open gown!!!

 

[N4E.SI]

From her FB posts she does seems a little unstable

A bit like 1 female EDMWer here last time, also always a lot of problems with mental issues

 

[EDMW-Hates-Me]

She can't even lift more than 2kg, but need 10 people to hold her down? Wards have cctv?

 

[EdenHazard]

Look at the FB and make your own assessment... think issue maybe not with hospital...

 

[EdenHazard]

From her FB posts she does seems a little unstable

A bit like 1 female EDMWer here last time, also always a lot of problems with mental issues

All the real females here have issues one la... who of sound mind will come to this toxic cesspit

 

[Zappalapa]

they sure have sop on how to restrain a patient under certain circumstances.
patient nv shared her part of the story - what was she arrested for in the first place? for suspected mental cases (likely the case), you think the patient is of sound mind to decide whether or not she needs a treatment?

 

[BBClone]

My guess is she had some kind of elusive pain complaint, went through various sub specialities and exhaustive investigations to no avail, dependent on (and demanding) increasingly stronger painkillers during multiple hospital admissions. Refused discharge advice.

Referred psychiatry, undesirable diagnosis made, tempers flared with aggressive behaviour tantamount to abuse of healthcare professionals. Mental health act invoked, restrained and jabbed with sedatives (requiring skin exposure), was sent to IMH for being a danger to herself and others. IMH A&E doctor probably deemed inpatient admission unnecessary after triage assessment, gave her a follow-up appointment (which she will certainly default).

Don’t quote me, wild guess only hor…

 

[hardindex]

they sure have sop on how to restrain a patient under certain circumstances.
patient nv shared her part of the story - what was she arrested for in the first place? for suspected mental cases (likely the case), you think the patient is of sound mind to decide whether or not she needs a treatment?