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Dignity4Patients group calls for meeting with Taoiseach over Michael Shine abuse
By Vivienne Clare - Breaking News - 20.08.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] The chief executive of Dignity4Patients, Adrienne Reilly, is...
Aug 20, 2024
The Taoiseach stated government and other organisations need to take a “victim-centred” approach. Michael Shine. #PublicInquiry
By Eoghan Dalton - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] The Taoiseach has said the Government will discuss calls for a public inquiry...
Aug 19, 2024
Taoiseach says "His victims have today spoken with courage and in a vivid manner and I want to thank them for that. I think their intervention is really important."
By Eoin English - Irish Examiner - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] The Taoiseach says the Government will “reflect” on calls from victims of one...
Aug 19, 2024
'I shouldn't have to waive my anonymity but the truth matters' Larry Torris insists that a #PublicInquiry into the events that surround Shine’s reign of terror is essential
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] One of Michael Shine’s youngest alleged victims says he doesn’t believe in...
Aug 19, 2024
New Zealand inquiry finds 200,000 abused in care
By RTE News - 24/07/2024 - [NEW ZEALAND] - [PREVENTION] New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised and promised reforms...
Jul 24, 2024
Book shines light on sexual assault and harassment in medicine
By Amanda Sheppeard - Medical Republic - 18.07.2024 - [International] - [Prevention] Professor Louise Stone’s mission to keep the...
Jul 22, 2024
Nurses accused of rape and child abuse free to practise as ‘toxic’ watchdog turned blind eye
By Rebecca Thomas The Independent - 09.07.2024 - [UK] - [Prevention] An explosive review of the nursing watchdog has found a toxic and...
Jul 9, 2024
Doctor Charged With Forcible Sexual Abuse
By Jessica Miller - Salt Lake Tribune - 29.06.2024 - [USA] - [ David Broadbent] David Broadbent was charged Thursday with forcible...
Jun 29, 2024
Irish Medical Council publishes new sanctions guidance
By IMC Editorial Staff - Irish Medical Council - 31/05/2024 - [PREVENTION] New guidance to assist the Medical Council in making decisions...
Jun 6, 2024
Health care facilities would have to report patient abuse under new bill
By Emily Hoerner - Chicago Tribune 16/05/2024 - [USA] - [PREVENTION] Doctors’ offices and clinics affiliated with hospitals would have...
May 16, 2024
Calgary doctor facing new sexual assault charge
By Meghan Grant - CBC News - 08/05/2024 - [Ali Ayyaz Chatha] - [CANADA] A Calgary family doctor has been charged with sexual assault — the...
May 8, 2024
Call for reform of Ireland's State inquest system
By Conor Hunt - RTE News - 02.05.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Prevention] Legal representatives for the families of the Stardust victims have...
May 2, 2024
New rules would strengthen protections against sexual misconduct by doctors. Here's how
By Scott Fallon - North Jersey News - 16/04/2024 - [USA] - [Prevention] Routine physician examinations in New Jersey may change under new...
Apr 16, 2024
One-third of Israeli women experience sexual abuse by healthcare providers
By Dr. Itay Gal - Jerusalem Post - 15.04.2024 - [ISRAEL] - [Prevention] A new study published on Monday, which included hundreds of...
Apr 15, 2024
GP banned from practising after sexually touching patient, having affair with another
By AAP - 9 News - 11.04.2024 - [AUSTRALIA] - [Fady Malak] A doctor has been barred from practising for five years after sexually touching...
Apr 11, 2024
Hospitals accused of ignoring sexual abuse allegations against gynaecologist for decades
By PJ Randhawa - NBC Chicago - 26.03.2024 - [USA] - [Fabio Ortega] Three hundred former patients of a Chicago gynaecologist said they...
Mar 26, 2024
New civil complaints filed against the Army amid doctor's sexual assault case
By Clare Hymes - CBS News - 20.03.2024 - [USA] - [Michael Stockin] Four accusers of a military doctor at the centre of a massive sexual...
Mar 20, 2024
8 new victims come forward against Yuma doctor facing sex abuse charges
By Alexandra Rangel - AZ Family News - 13.03.2024 - [USA] - [Edsel Sandoval] Eight new victims have come forward in the case against...
Mar 13, 2024
Hartford HealthCare doctor on leave after charged in FBI child sex sting
By Alex Wood - CT Insider - 12.03.2024 - [USA] - [John Magaldi] Hartford HealthCare has placed the chief of rheumatology at its Bone and...
Mar 12, 2024
Chaperones may offer one solution to sexual abuse of patients by medical providers
By Lisa Schencker - Chicago Tribine - 10.03.2024 - [PREVENTION] Tearha Hill typically stands to one side of the room, with her eyes...
Mar 10, 2024
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