AU Doctor Threw Baby, Patient Left to Die in Hallway

[Katiedns]

Just for you, Keith


AN ANGRY doctor allegedly threw a baby and twisted its arm and an elderly patient was left to die in a hall way at Bundaberg Hospital, staff claim.

Three hospital staff have sought whistleblower protection after detailing allegations of gross medical neglect and incompetence, overcrowding, bullying, intimidation and cover-ups to the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

A highly qualified nurse who spoke to The Courier-Mail told how she was repeatedly made to falsify records to hide lengthy waiting times in the emergency department.

She said triage cases were improperly and dangerously downgraded because of understaffing.

She said a troubled teenager who waited five hours without seeing a doctor ran away and slashed her wrists. And a doctor said he was too busy to see a boy who had been stabbed in the leg in a suspected child abuse case.

The cases are among 100 serious and minor procedural errors on the hospital's prime reporting database.

Dismissed as a troublemaker and frustrated at the lack of response, the nurse and two others took complaints to Burnett MP Rob Messenger, who first raised allegations against the hospital in Parliament in 2005.

"They have made allegations which lead me to reasonably suspect misconduct by a number of public officials," Mr Messenger said.

He called for an inquiry, saying it was clear patients and employees of Bundaberg Hospital were "in continuing danger of physical and psychological danger".

The CMC was told the doctor threw the baby on its back and twisted its arm after angrily shouting, "Keep him still". It is believed the child suffered bruising but was not seriously hurt.

The elderly man who died on the trolley was refused acute care after his triage rating was downgraded.

"Good nurses and doctors and administration officers who work miracles every day are being placed under unbelievable pressure by a government that won't properly resource staff," Mr Messenger said.

He said the $41.1million upgrade promised by the Beattie-Bligh governments had not happened.

"They have spent $8.6 million and instead of the 30 extra beds promised, we got five. There is clear evidence of understaffing and underfunding."

Mr Messenger said there were more beds at Bundaberg hospital in 1969 than there were now.

The nurse making the allegations said she believed nothing much had changed at Bundaberg since events that sparked a royal commission.

"Patients are still abused and refused proper treatment, and they still have the gall to smooth the whole disgusting mess over with half-truths and convenient forgetfulness," she said.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25006113-5006301,00.html

[Auntie Freda]

Just for you, Katie


PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - First New York, then Oregon, and now Australia. Dr. Jayant Patel has left a bloody trail of mistakes as a surgeon, finally resulting in manslaughter charges.

......he was director of surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland from 2003 to 2005.

The extradition complaint charges Patel under Australian law with three counts of manslaughter, three counts of grievous bodily harm, two counts of negligent acts or omissions causing harm, seven counts of fraud and one count of attempted fraud.

..... Patel came to the United States in 1977 and became a naturalized citizen in 1982. He surrendered his Indian passport .....


Despite glowing references from fellow doctors in Oregon, complaints about his professionalism and his standard of patient care - even his personal hygiene - were emerging in Australia.

While training at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Patel failed to examine some patients before operating on them - a "serious failure" that "clearly evidenced his moral unfitness to practice medicine," according to the New York Commissioner of Health at the time, Dr. David Axelrod.

Yet Patel was defended by senior doctors, including Dr. J. Raymond Hinshaw, a University of Rochester chief surgeon, who rated Patel among the top surgical residents he had ever trained. "
http://www.katu.com/news/local/16499861.html


Pleasing to note that the system is perfect inthe USA.

[Katiedns]

I remember his case. He was quite the con man and conned his way to Australia. Glad when he was returned to Oregon for some justice.

[Auntie Freda]

Glad when he was returned to Oregon for some justice.
He FLED back to Oregon from Australia to AVOID justice.

It has taken Australian authorities 'forever' to wade through the uncooperative Yank bureaucracy
to ensure his extradition BACK TO AUSTRALIA to face justice !

[Katiedns]

He didn't want to come back to Oregon. He had committed some serious crimes here and they wanted him for prosecution. You guys can have him when we're done with him.

[Auntie Freda]

Betcha we get him first !

Want a wager ?

[Katiedns]

Last I heard, he was in Oregon. He won't leave here till he gets some justice.

No wager from me.

[Auntie Freda]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayant_Patel

" A warrant for Jayant Patel's extradition was sought following his ESCAPE to the United States and a magistrate was asked on 22 November 2006 to issue a warrant for Dr Patel's arrest.
He was charged with three charges of manslaughter, five charges of causing grievous bodily harm, four of negligent acts causing harm and eight charges of fraud.............

Patel has been extradited and a hearing begins Feb 2009.

U.S. Marshals handed Patel over to two officers from the Queensland Police Service at Los Angeles Airport on 19 July, who then escorted him on board Qantas flight QF 176.
The flight arrived at Brisbane Airport on the morning of 21 July."

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[Auntie Freda]

Glad when he was returned to Oregon for some justice.
You guys can have him when we're done with him.

He won't leave here till he gets some justice.
Is it impossible for ANY Yank to say
"Whoops, sorry, I was wrong ..........."
or only Katie ?

[Katiedns]

Obviously I was wrong and I'm shocked that Oregon let him go without trying and imprisoning him first. There must be an agreement that we get him back when his time in AU's prison is over.

I do hope he gets more than a slap on the wrist.

[Auntie Freda]

Quite gracious, Katie.
I realize how tortuous that must have been for you.



Here, we tend to afford people a fair trial BEFORE we lynch them ..................

[Katiedns]

Same here in spite of your hate for us and our ways.

[Auntie Freda]

Oh Katie, Katie, Katie ....... how many times must I tell you ?
I "hate" nobody on this planet. I do not even UNDERSTAND that emotion.

My experience in Chat Rooms and Forums over the years however,
demonstrates that MANY Americans fling that "HATE" word around like candy.
Particularly those claiming to be Christians and those on the political right.
Never quite understood that.
Peace and love, babe. Peace and love.


Oh yes,
I do despise the evils that America AS A NATION has perpetrated around this planet for the last half century or so.
The MILLIONS of civilian dead - mothers, babies, old folk - maimed, tortured, mutilated and murdered - from Vietnam to Central America to the Middle East and beyond.
People who posed not the slightest possible threat to the USA.
THAT I most certainly do regret.

[Snowden]

Oh Katie, Katie, Katie ....... how many times must I tell you ?
I "hate" nobody on this planet. I do not even UNDERSTAND that emotion.

My experience in Chat Rooms and Forums over the years however,
demonstrates that MANY Americans fling that "HATE" word around like candy.
Particularly those claiming to be Christians and those on the political right.
Never quite understood that.
Peace and love, babe. Peace and love.


Oh yes,
I do despise the evils that America AS A NATION has perpetrated around this planet for the last half century or so.
The MILLIONS of civilian dead - mothers, babies, old folk - maimed, tortured, mutilated and murdered - from Vietnam to Central America to the Middle East and beyond.
People who posed not the slightest possible threat to the USA.
THAT I most certainly do regret.

Keith, that's such a blanket accusation it's meaningless. Yes, America fights wars. However, we never fight to take land from those against whom we battle. Nine times out of ten, our going to war is 1) we were attacked, as in WWII and others. I grant you, Iraq comes under none of those headings. I believe Bush sincerely thought there were weapons, nuclear weapons, in Iraq. He troubled over a decision to go into Iraq for 18-19 months before giving the order to go in.

I don't know if that war was just in light of the lives lost, but the people who have survived do have a chance for a better life, if they can hold on to the victory won for them. If we remain long enough to stabilize their army and help with the basics they need, they may make it.

That they were a stable nation makes it a worry, and only time will tell if any good will come of it. But we will leave there without any of their land or possession changing hands and coming to us. This time, we haven't left our dead to occupy graves, so they get to keep it all. There were crooked deals no doubt, with Haliburton, etc. But the oil fields are still in the hands of the Iraqis and the people will profit from that.

What other atrocities have we committed without being either attacked or asked to help an ally? Have we invaded Australia? China? Russia? England? Lebanon? Before tossing your nastiness our way, think a bit more clearly.

You won't, of course. You are, I'm afraid, one of those very self-assured asses who thinks you know everything. You know all about America and Americans without ever stepping foot outside Australia! Knowledge of a country is not hereditary.

[Auntie Freda]

I believe Bush sincerely THOUGHT there were weapons, nuclear weapons, in Iraq.
And you presumably also believe in the tooth fairy.
Before you launch a war killing and maiming tens of thousands - largely civilians, women, children, babies - you make SURE !

All of the available Intelligence from the CIA and elsewhere said there was NO link between Iraq and 11/9,
NO evidence of WMD - let alone nukes
NO possible conceivable threat to the USA ....

Warmongering hawks like Rumsfeldt, Cheney, Wolfowitz and company played Bush like a glove puppet.
Nevertheless, the buck ends with him.
For that reason they should ALL be hauled before an international Tribunal and charged with Crimes against Humanity.
Along with Rice, Powell, Perle, Tenet and a few others on perhaps slightly lesser charges.

[Auntie Freda]

You are, I'm afraid, one of those very self-assured asses who thinks you know everything.
You know all about America and Americans without ever stepping foot outside Australia!
Knowledge of a country is not hereditary (???).
I note that in this very post, you hold forth about Iraq.
May I ask how much time you have spent there ?

Have you ever expressed an opinion about events in Vietnam or Iran or Afghanistan ?
No doubt you have been personally involved in those places for prolonged periods ?

It is a specious argument.
Particularly in this age of incredible communications technology and the instant availability of online information.
Some unread ignoramus in Yankland who feeds on a diet of soapies,
knows more about international affairs than a well-read person from elsewhere
merely because he/she is AMERICAN ?

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[Soi]

well mate looking at some of your comments about atrocities ,how about looking a bit nearer home, as you know I have travelled a wee bit and fought in the odd armed conflict , admitted I was to old for the Falklands and Iraq, But I can never forget an Australian sgt I was serving with in malaysiain the 60,s boasting about his father just shooting 4 aborigines for trespass on his land, ,it was only declared illegal to shoot aborigines in 1969 but it was still happening as late as 1977 and territory police were turning a blind eye, but those types of happenings my fellow australians like to deny, I am not a supporter of the US in any way, but neither have I tunnel vision, soldiers are volonteers and they do get sent into war, okay national service was neccessary for Vietnam , I was in that theatre of war as a volonteer before it really kicked off,but in wars and armed conflicts people get killed or injured, its not neccessarily an Atrocity,Every 4 years we visit a little town called Hohne in west germany, to celebrate the rememberance of relatives and friends who died in the last great war, people from all over the world , also many germans whose relatives died because they disagreed and tried to help the victims of the Atrocity that was Belsen!! lest we forget

[Auntie Freda]

....... duplicated post ..........

[Auntie Freda]

... I can never forget an Australian sgt I was serving with in malaysia IN THE 60's BOASTING about HIS FATHER just (?) shooting 4 aborigines for trespass on his land,
it was only declared illegal to shoot aborigines in 1969
but it was still happening as late as 1977
and territory police were turning a blind eye .....
Mate, I agree completely that the treatment of aboriginals in Australia has been atrocious.
Massacres, rape, forced separations, the witholding of earnings, perhaps genocide.
Even the churches, in their "missions", were capable of almost unbelievable cruelty - to children in particular.

It is NO EXCUSE of course, but I guess we have to look at SOME of it in terms of the culture of the day.
The treatment by whites of indigenous peoples in the Americas, Africa, the Pacific Islands and beyond was often brutal.
They were very often perceived as less than human.
And inevitably, some of that attitude lingered on into the 20th century.

YOUR ANECDOTAL story about the FATHER of a bloke you served with in Malaysia would require more CORROBORATION before I could comment.
I can certainly believe that some racist Northern Territory cops failed to pursue incidents in which aborigines were the victims.



HOWEVER, I would need some EVIDENCE that " it was only declared illegal to shoot aborigines in 1969 ".

1909 Aborigines Protection Act "An Act to provide for the protection and care of aborigines
1915 The Aborigines Proection Amending Act.
1918 This Act Amended the Aborigines Protection Act, 1909
1940 Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940
1943 The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943
1963 Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act
1969 Aborigines Act abolishes the Aborigines Welfare Board. Aboriginal children in the care of the Board become Wards of the State.

[Auntie Freda]

..... it was only declared illegal to shoot aborigines in 1969 ...I would need some EVIDENCE that " it was only declared illegal to shoot aborigines in 1969 ".

1909 Aborigines Protection Act "An Act to provide for the protection and care of aborigines
1915 The Aborigines Proection Amending Act.
1918 This Act Amended the Aborigines Protection Act, 1909
1940 Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940
1943 The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943
1963 Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act
1969 Aborigines Act abolishes the Aborigines Welfare Board. Aboriginal children in the care of the Board become Wards of the State.
Fortunately, I am a patient soul ........

[Auntie Freda]

Never let the facts get in the way of a good fantasy.