Another doctor hands back Australia Day medal
Cairns obstetrics and gynaecology Professor Caroline de Costa will return her award over the Margaret Court controversy
Another medical practitioner is to return her Order of Australia in protest at the decision to give tennis great Margaret Court the country’s highest active honour.
Professor Caroline de Costa joins Canberra GP Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo who earlier this week announced she was returning her Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).
In 2016, Dr Soo received an OAM for her medical work with the LGBTQ community, patients with HIV and patients with drug dependencies.
Professor de Costa, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at James Cook University in Cairns, was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2014 for her work in women’s reproductive health.
