David Alan Bowen

Two GPs struck off for patient assaults

TWO GPs have been struck off this month in the wake of criminal convictions for assaulting their patients. Following a submission from the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC), the NSW Medical Tribunal deregistered 46-year-old Rhafid Al Ramadan, who had been previously convicted in the criminal courts of aggravated and indecent assaults. In 2006, Mr Ramadan was found guilty of injecting a female patient with an overpowering drug and then indecently and sexually assaulting her. The HCCC complaint led to the deregistration of Mr Ramadan, and the application of an extra condition that he may not ...