Westport Surgical Center Placed On Two-Year Probation, Fined

By KATE FARRISH, Conn. Health I-Team Writer  The Hartford Courant, August 29, 2013  –  A Westport surgery center where rusty equipment and a broken fire alarm system were found by inspectors earlier this year has been placed on probation for two years and fined $7,500 by the state Department of Public Health.  The Center for Ambulatory Surgery at 32 Imperial Ave. is run by Dr. Joel Singer, whose own medical license was placed on probation in 2011, when he was also fined $29,000 for sloppy record-keeping and other violations at the center.  Read more