‘Heavy punishment’: Lawyer says lengthy court delay has effectively ended Dr Jereth Kok’s career
The five years of delays in setting a court date for Dr Jereth Kok, the GP accused of calling for genocide of racial and religious…
Tag: Tribunals
ENT surgeon returns from ban after promise to ‘operate in less rushed manner’
A surgeon suspended after two patients died following rushed procedures is safe to return to supervised practice, a tribunal has found. High-profile otolaryngologist Dr William…
Doctor teaching psychedelic therapy in Australia sacked over sex with vulnerable patient
Charity Mind Medicine Australia has sacked one of its psychedelic therapy trainers after the UK psychiatrist was suspended over a sexual relationship with a former…
Pharmacist used names of dead doctors in plan to supply unproven medicines
A pharmacist used dead doctors’ details to create patient dispensing records for an unapproved medication that she planned to sell at “considerable cost” in her…
GP back in court again after securing $30 million in patient’s will
A GP who inherited most of his patient’s $30 million estate is headed back to court after two other beneficiaries and the Salvation Army took…
GP banned after diagnosing Lyme disease based on ‘muscle testing’
A GP who relied on ‘muscle testing’ to incorrectly diagnose patients with Lyme disease and Q fever over a 10-year period has been banned from…
Pharmacist banned after swapping patient’s narcolepsy medications as an ‘experiment’
A pharmacist who swapped a patient’s narcolepsy medication for vitamin D without her knowledge and then told her treating doctor it was an “experiment” has…
Losing my religion: GP practice accused of discrimination wins legal fight with patient
A GP practice accused of discrimination by a patient after allegedly asking him about his religion has been cleared of wrongdoing by a tribunal. The…
GP who called Indigenous doctor a ‘fake Aboriginal’ struck off after landmark case
A GP who called Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist “a fake Aboriginal”, comparing him to “a watered-down bottle of Grange”, has been struck off after what AHPRA…
Paramedic said wet ground and bird droppings behind his decision not to resuscitate dying patient
A paramedic refused to treat a patient with bradycardia after wrongly declaring she was in asystole and already dead, a tribunal has heard. While it…
