Widow of respected doctor blames his fatal MI on ‘unrealistic’ work pressures: tribunal

Dr Alasdair MacDonald's wife has failed in her bid for compensation over her husband's death.
Dr Alasdair MacDonald. Photo: Neil Richardson © The Examiner/ACM

The wife of a leading doctor who suffered a fatal MI has lost her bid for compensation after she claimed his death was the result of relentless workplace stress.

The director of medicine at Tasmania’s Launceston General Hospital, Dr Alasdair MacDonald, collapsed on Christmas Day in 2023.