GP struck off for five years after writing bogus medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines and masks
Dr Denes Borsos lacked remorse or insight into his conduct and accused the medical board of trumping up charges, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal said.
A GP has been struck off for at least five years for issuing 311 cursory or inaccurate COVID-19 vaccine and face mask exemptions.
Dr Denes Borsos issued 189 vaccine exemptions and 122 mask exemptions in three days in 2021 without adequate clinical assessments, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has found.
About 220 patients received one or both exemptions based on identical, short, inaccurate or incomplete clinical records, it said in a judgement published last week.
“Dr Borsos’ evidence was that if a patient stated that they did not wish to have a COVID-19 vaccination, this was sufficient justification to grant the patient a vaccination exemption,” it said.
