Failed medical student who worked as an intern avoids jail

Zhi Lee said she was under pressure from her parents after they spent money on her medical education
Geir O'Rourke Australian Associated Press
Zhi Sin Lee
Zhi Sin Lee. Source: AAP.

A medical student who failed her final exams but spent seven months working as a hospital intern has been sentenced to two years in community detention.

Zhi Sin Lee failed six core subjects in the final year of her Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of NSW in 2020.