Gynaecologist to pay compensation after performing unnecessary endometrial ablation
Dr Emil Gayed must pay damages to a patient who discovered by accident that he performed needless and “outdated” surgeries on her, including an endometrial…
Tag: Obstetrics
Another specialist college facing membership backlash over its $4000 annual fees
RANZCOG is facing a member backlash over its increasing fees amid wider struggles by the specialist colleges to make ends meet. Last month, some 200…
GPs successfully treating lactational mastitis with fewer broad-spectrum antibiotics
GPs have been given a big tick for their management of lactational mastitis and antibiotic stewardship, with a new study showing improvements over the past…
RACGP demands return of $80 MBS item for COVID-19 antiviral prescribing
The RACGP is lobbying the Federal Government to bring back the $80.10 MBS item for COVID-19 antiviral prescribing that was axed on Monday. The college…
24 surgeries in 24 years: The remarkable story of Dr Caitlin Rutherford-Heard
“The doctor didn’t come to speak to me afterwards. They didn’t tell Mum and Dad that the surgery hadn’t worked. “They didn’t visit me in the ICU or on the ward. I never had a follow-up appointment. …
‘My career was over in a second’: Dr Stacy Patterson on her Parkinson’s diagnosis at 29
Dr Stacy Patterson first noticed a tremor in her left hand in 2018. At the time, she was training as an obstetrics and gynaecology registrar…
GP wants a sheep farmer: How medical training and love kept Dr Clare Hardie in the bush
When Dr Clare Hardie was in her third year of medical school, she fell in love with a sheep farmer. At the time, she was…
Routine lateral episiotomy in vacuum-assisted delivery halves OASI risk, doctors find
Recommending lateral episiotomy for nulliparous women requiring vacuum extraction could reduce the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury by more than 50%, a real-world study…
‘Little to no risk’ of birth defects with metformin in early pregnancy: study
Pregnant women with type 2 diabetes can safely use metformin in the first trimester, according to US epidemiologists who report no increased risk for congenital…
Extra antenatal monitoring ‘not warranted’ in pregnant women with endometriosis
Pregnant women with endometriosis can be reassured they are not at higher risk of preterm birth and do not need additional antenatal care, a new…
