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The Health Care Complaints Commission recently prosecuted a complaint against Ms Yuk-Fun Christina Port, an experienced general practitioner, before the NSW Medical Tribunal. The complaint concerned Ms Port inappropriately prescribing medication to a patient without the patient’s knowledge.
Over a four year period, Ms Port prescribed medication for the treatment of depression at the request of the patient’s wife. The wife then administered the medication to the patient in his coffee. Ms Port had not consulted with the patient, nor did she arrange for any monitoring of his condition or possible side effects. When she became aware that the wife had not informed the patient that the medication was prescribed for him, she did not take any steps to ensure that patient was aware that he was being given medication and consented to his treatment.
Ms Port admitted the allegations and conceded that she had been guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct.
In its decision of 18 December 2009, the Tribunal found Ms Port guilty of professional misconduct and ordered her name to be removed from the register of medical practitioners in NSW. Ms Port will not be eligible to apply for restoration of her registration for a minimum period of three years.
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