Pharmacist used dead patients’ details to defraud $2 million from PBS: tribunal
A pharmacist who “brazenly” defrauded $1.94 million from the PBS by submitting fake claims, some using dead patients’ details, will not be allowed to apply…
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GP denies allegations he endorsed genocide and compared pandemic orders to Nazism
GP Dr Jereth Kok has admitted writing “inappropriate” social media posts that demeaned abortion doctors, during a five-hour examination before the Victorian Civil and Administrative…
GP who called abortion doctors ‘contract killers’ faces tribunal after five-year emergency suspension
“This is probably one of the most important cases that’s ever been put in this tribunal in the last 30 years. “It goes to the…
Medical board wrongly used registration renewal to impose conditions on doctor, tribunal finds
A doctor has won a two-year battle to practise again after a tribunal found that the Medical Board of Australia wrongly attempted to impose conditions…
Doctors suspended after ‘complete dereliction’ of IMG supervision rules
An IMG has been suspended, along with two other doctors, after she was allowed to treat patients unsupervised while on provisional registration — even after…
GP threatened to throw acid at patient if she ended their sexual relationship, tribunal finds
A GP who threatened to throw acid at a patient or to kill himself if she ended their sexual relationship has been struck off for six years. Dr Faramarz Foroughi also threatened the patient with HIV infection, psychiatric committal and losing…
GP accused of amputating baby’s penis in ritual circumcision fails to overturn emergency ban
A GP who allegedly amputated a newborn’s penis during a ritual circumcision remains banned from performing the procedure after a tribunal refused to stay conditions…
GP fined $7500 for trying to persuade patient to drop AHPRA complaint
A tribunal has fined a GP $7500 for trying to persuade a patient to drop an AHPRA complaint, despite clearing him of the allegation that…
GP struck off for ‘abhorrent’ Facebook posts after four-year emergency suspension
A GP suspended for years under emergency powers after posting that vaccines were a guise for “re-engineering humans” and likening his former practice’s receptionists to…
GP accused of racism secures legal win over $364,000 supervision order
A GP accused of making racist and homophobic comments to patients has won his case to have supervision requirements lifted, with a tribunal finding they…
