Miscarriage of justice? The clinical reasons why leading doctors say Lucy Letby did not murder babies
The media in the UK is awash with headlines about an international panel of medical experts that has declared there is no medical evidence showing…
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‘Medicine is witchcraft’: Parents who believed God would cure daughter’s diabetes found guilty of manslaughter
All 14 members of a fringe religious group have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an eight-year-old who died after her insulin was withheld.…
US specialist jailed for 190 years after ‘surreptitiously’ injecting IV saline bags with bupivacaine
An anaesthetist has been given a 190-year prison sentence after injecting bupivacaine, adrenaline and other drugs to IV saline bags, resulting in cardiac emergencies and…
GP who disguised himself as a nurse to kill his mother’s lover jailed for 31 years
“You were in disguise, wearing a hat, tinted glasses and a surgical mask. “You were masquerading as a community nurse attending to perform a routine…
Owner of after-hours service used GP’s provider number in $465,000 Medicare fraud
A would-be after-hours entrepreneur who defrauded nearly $465,000 from Medicare using the provider number of a GP who turned down his job offer has been…
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for GP’s manslaughter
The man who pleaded guilty to Dr Peter Dunne’s manslaughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with a non-parole period of eight years.…
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after GP’s ‘senseless’ death
The man who drove into GP Dr Peter Dunne five years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Thomas Hill, 37, was a neighbour of Dr…
Fake doctor used ‘dangerous dose’ of anaesthetic in fatal breast procedure, jury told
A botched breast augmentation by a fake doctor that caused the death of a woman in a Sydney clinic was a “mistake” and not due…
GP avoids prison over $318,000 Medicare fraud due to ‘very unusual case’
A former GP who collected $318,000 in rebates for fake bulk-billed Medicare services has received a three-year prison sentence, which has been wholly suspended because…
‘Reckless’ pharmacist banned after netting $42,000 in PBS fertility drug fraud
A “reckless” pharmacist has been banned for five years, nearly a decade after he defrauded the PBS of $42,000 by submitting fake claims for fertility…
