Dr Chan Bingyi was sentenced on May 14 to 18 months in jail for causing the death of 31-year-old Lau Li Ting during an aesthetic treatment in 2019 at Revival Medical & Aesthetics Centre in Bras Basah, Singapore [1, 2].
Lau, a healthy woman, visited the clinic in March 2019 for treatment on her forehead [1, 2]. Dr Chan initially recommended procedures other than EDTA chelation therapy and laser, but Lau insisted on receiving chelation therapy, which is not recognized as a standard aesthetic medicine treatment [1].
Dr Chan administered EDTA at too high a concentration and injected it too quickly [1, 2]. This caused EDTA toxicity, leading to Lau’s cardiac arrest and eventual death [1, 2]. Chelation therapy involves intravenous EDTA to treat heavy metal poisoning but is not endorsed by professional societies for aesthetic use [1].
The 38-year-old Singaporean doctor pleaded not guilty to negligent act causing death but was convicted [1, 2]. The court found that Dr Chan concealed from the victim’s family, paramedics, and other doctors that he had administered EDTA. The judge described this as "deplorable conduct done for his own self-preservation" [1, 2].
Dr Chan’s conduct and failure to disclose the treatment played a key role in his sentencing. The case highlights significant medical and ethical breaches during the treatment.
He was sentenced on May 14, 2026, nearly seven years after Lau Li Ting’s death in March 2019 [1, 2].
