"Unconsented Sterilization Shatters Woman's Life"

A woman, known as Patient A, had her life "turned upside down" after being sterilized without her consent during an emergency caesarean section by gynecologist and obstetrician Dr David Sim. Dr Sim admitted to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service that the sterilization was unnecessary and violated the woman's reproductive rights. Patient A, who had been a longstanding patient of Dr Sim, had never consented to nor expressed any desire for sterilization. The tribunal heard that Dr Sim made assumptions about the patient's wishes, which were paternalistic, and he has since retired from all practice. The tribunal will determine if Dr Sim's actions amounted to misconduct and if his fitness to practice as a doctor is impaired.