Doctors demand damages for Google reviews: Japan
A group of Japanese doctors has filed a civil lawsuit against US search giant Google, demanding damages for what they claim are unpoliced derogatory and…
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Harvard morgue ex-manager’s wife pleads guilty to selling stolen body parts
The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to shipping stolen human body parts — including hands, feet, heads and…
Doctor says he’s thought about a meningitis misdiagnosis ‘every day since’ the toddler’s death: inquest
A doctor who misdiagnosed a 19-month-old with gastroenteritis, days before the toddler died of meningitis, says it was a “huge error” he has thought about…
Top cardiologist denies sexually harassing woman he allegedly bombarded with thousands of texts
Professor Chris Semsarian has been stood down from his role at the Centenary Institute in Sydney following allegations of sexual harassment by a young female…
Clinic owner behind ‘elaborate illegal scheme’ under the guise of being a doctor: prosecutors
A medical clinic raked in $100,000 a week with its owner using it as a front to sell anabolic steroids and dole out prescriptions pre-signed…
Nurse beaten unconscious by ED patient gets $1.8 million compensation
A nurse who was beaten unconscious by a patient with dementia will receive $1.8 million in compensation, after a court found the hospital should not…
Laws passed to protect IVF doctors following frozen embryo death ruling
Alabama has passed legislation shielding doctors from potential legal liabilities raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The state signed into…
The KFP meltdown: RACGP reaches confidential settlement with software company four years later
The RACGP has settled out of court with a software company nearly four years after a remote exam meltdown lost the college millions of dollars.…
Former RACGP presidential candidate loses legal bid to ban mRNA vaccines
A former RACGP presidential candidate must pay legal costs to Pfizer and Moderna after losing a court case arguing that their COVID-19 vaccines were unlicensed…
‘Hospitals could owe some junior doctors $60,000’: Dr Gaby Bolton’s class action triumph
“Doctors could easily be owed $60,000. And for some registrars — particularly those in very heavy overtime surgical specialties — I think it would be…
