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Plymouth Teeth-Whitening Salon Boss Jailed for Series of Rapes and Sexual Assaults

A man who ran a teeth-whitening salon has been sentenced to 26 years in jail for a spate of rapes and sexual assaults spanning more than a decade.

4 days ago

Doctor guilty of six charges of sexual abuse

Dr. Sudesh Banaji, 61, of Forrest City, was found guilty of six counts of Second-Degree Sexual Assault

PATIENT ABUSE

Oct 1

Pathologist Found Stroke Patient was 'Sexually Abused to Death'

Valerie Kneale died in hospital in November 2018, four days after having a stroke; however Pathologists concluded that she passed due to internal injuries caused by sexual assault.

NEWS ARTICLE

Sep 4

5 new lawsuits filed over alleged sexual abuse by doctor

Five new lawsuits were issued against Providence Health & Services, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, and Kadlec Clinic – Associated Physicians for Women due to the medical centers’ alleged failure to protect their patients from suspected sexual abuse

PATIENT ABUSE

Aug 13

‘Deeply disturbed’: Uni under pressure after future doctor punched ex, took selfie

A Queensland university is under pressure to prohibit a medical student from graduating after he was found guilty of repeatedly punching his former partner at the school’s medicine ball.

NEWS ARTICLE

Aug 6

Patients put at risk as dentists sanctioned abroad are allowed to practise in Ireland

PREVENTION

May 15

Call for doctor to be struck off for harassing young female colleague

Is it appropriate for a doctor who disregards women's rights, defies directives from state law enforcement, lodges false grievances against colleagues with their professional association, and continues to provide false testimony during an inquiry to be trusted by their profession, peers, and patients? Can a "misunderstanding of cultures" ever justify this behaviour? Is this individual fit to practise anywhere as a "family doctor"? Would you feel secure referring female patien

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Apr 27