SINGAPORE, Sept. 10 -- A Singapore doctor learnt the hard way that even medical practitioners cannot write themselves a free pass from work.

Dr Cherida Yong Chun Yin, a house officer at Singapore General Hospital, has been suspended for three years after she forged medical certificates to excuse her own absences, The Straits Times reported yesterday.

The suspension announced in the Government Gazette yesterday, starts from September 3 and ends September 2, 2028.

Dr Yong was also censured, ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings, and told to provide a written promise to the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) that she will not repeat her mistake.

According to the news report, there were two incidents that happened in 2022 when she deci...