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Doc reprimanded over ‘unethical’ conduct
A tribunal found the doctor had facilitated a car sale between his daughter and a vulnerable patient, and provided an affidavit for a patient’s ex-partner to use in family court …
Doctor found guilty of attempting to murder pharmacist
The pharmacist survived the violent attack of the “single-minded and determined” doctor with some help from an “extremely brave” customer Adelaide GP Brian Holder, 69, has been found guilty of …
Banned until 2024
A convicted healthcare practitioner cannot reapply for registration for six years, after making 14,565 fraudulent Medicare claims totalling over $850,000 A registered medical practitioner has been found to have engaged …
Self-prescribing leads to deregistration
A NSW doctor with a codeine dependency has been struck off for prescribing scheduled medicines to himself over 600 times in just two years A doctor who had practised in …
Steroid-pushing Perth doctor “cracks” in witness box
A specialist doctor conceded he prescribed risky drug combinations of anabolic androgenic steroids, human growth hormone and other substances for bodybuilding purposes Dr Anish Dwarka Singh, a WA medical practitioner …
Blurred lines
A Perth doctor with an extensive disciplinary history has been struck off for inappropriate and sexualised behaviour relating to a patient Dr Gregory Duck, 62, from Bassendean in Western Australia, …
“Contemptible, outrageous and unethical” doctor’s 3-year ban
Sydney GP prescribed oxycodone and diazepam at potentially fatal amounts to a single patient over years Dr Ghee Hong Michael Tan, 59, has been found guilty of professional misconduct for prescribing a patient excessive …