Unfortunately, the deceased donor was infected with a parasitic roundworm referred to as strongyloides stercoralis, which is endemic in various parts of the world. As a result of the SPK transplant, Mr Meyer too became infected by this condition, becoming the first...
Ms Archer was one of five women who successfully sued Mr Blackstock in related cases. As Mr Blackstock did not defend or otherwise participate in any of the litigation, default judgment was entered in favour of all five women, and damages were awarded in the total sum...
As she drove home, she was pulled over by police who breathalysed her. She recorded a blood alcohol content that exceeded 0.08 and her drivers’ licence was suspended immediately. She pleaded guilty to the offence before the Magistrates Court on 10 February 2021 and...
Psychologist, Mr Glenn Michael Ross (the Practitioner) had been practising independently for around one year when Patient A (who had a history of self-harm, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, and depression) was referred to him. Allegations The Psychology Board...
The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant breached his duty of care in failing to diagnose Mia-Angel earlier, and that an earlier diagnosis would have led to earlier treatment. If the Plaintiff had received earlier treatment, she would have avoided significant brain...
Background This case relates to the professional conduct of Dr Rakhi Basu when she worked as a junior doctor at Bacchus Marsh Hospital under the supervision of Dr Surinder Parhar, a senior doctor and the Director of Obstetrics between 2008 and 2011. During this...
Background Her symptoms were treated conservatively, however, by March 2012, when the appellant was aged 18 years, the pain in her left hip returned. Her treating GP referred her for x-ray scans of the hip and pelvis which were taken on 24 May 2012. The findings of...
The Respondent to the application was the child’s father who, not only did not consent to the administration of the treatment but did not agree that such treatment was required or, indeed, that his child had gender dysphoria at all. The stage 2 treatment involves the...
Background In 2019, Peta Hickey, a 43-year-old woman with no medical history of cardiac problems, agreed to take part in a voluntary corporate heart check program her employer introduced for its senior executives. The program involved participants undergoing a CT...
An 18-year-old woman who was born with an undiagnosed congenital pars defect (a crack or fracture of the bones of the lower spine) sued her radiologist for failing to report on the existence of her condition in an x-ray report in mid-2012, and her orthopaedic surgeon...