AHPRA has open mind on Lyme disease: CMO
27th October 2015
Doctors who offer treatment for suspected Lyme disease will not face censure by regulators, the country’s top doctor has pledged.
Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Baggoley (pictured) told a Senate hearing that the Department of Health and the Medical Board of Australia did not support a policy of warning off doctors from treating patients with suspected Lyme disease.
The issue was raised in a Senate Estimates meeting by Senator John Madigan, who said his constituents diagnosed with Lyme disease had responded well to antibiotics, but
