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unprofessional conduct
The following articles have the tag unprofessional conduct
GP guilty of unqualified cancer surgery
A SYDNEY GP who failed to refer a patient with a recurrent skin cancer to a specialist, then unsuccessfully tried to remove it himself despite being unqualified, has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct and formally reprimanded. The Medical Council of NSW’s Professional Standards Committee also found Dr Nadi Hanna had inappropriately treated the basal cell carcinoma on the patient’s eyelid by prescribing Aldara Cream (imiquimod), failed to follow up pathology results after performing the inappropriate wedge excision, and kept unsatisfactory notes. In its ruling, the committee said Dr Hanna admitted to most ...
Botched circumcision leads to suspension
A MELBOURNE GP has been suspended for three months after botching a circumcision that left a young patient requiring months of reconstructive surgery. In a decision handed down by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month, Dr Mohammed Mateenul Jabbar was reprimanded for unprofessional conduct after he inappropriately performed the procedure on a 26-month-old child at his private clinical rooms. The tribunal found Dr Jabbar failed to take into account the patient’s complete medical history, specifically his type 1 diabetes, and the increased risk of complications from this. It was found that during the procedure, ...