SINGAPORE, Dec 21 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) revoked MaNaDr Clinic’s licence yesterday.

Consequently, the clinic will no longer be able to provide outpatient medical services at its City Gate location at 371 Beach Road, at temporary premises such as patients’ homes, or through remote teleconsultations, The Straits Times (ST) reported.

“After careful consideration of MaNaDr Clinic’s representations, and based on the findings from MOH’s investigations, MOH has assessed that an entrenched culture of disregard for the applicable ethical and clinical standards exists within the organisation,” the ministry said in a statement.

It was noted that MaNaDr Clinic conducted a large number of very brief teleconsultations. In one sampled month, for instance, over 100,000 video calls lasted one minute or less, with the shortest lasting just one second.

“The prevalence of such inappropriate practices suggests a lack of effective internal oversight, controls and governance to ensure that outpatient medical services are consistently provided in a clinically and ethically appropriate manner by all its doctors,” MOH was quoted as saying.