NSW doctor barred from practising for six months after operating on wrong end of patient’s bowel

Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt found guilty of professional misconduct after tribunal considered complaints about her treatment of 13 patientsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA surgeon has been found guilty of professional misconduct and barred from practising medicine for six months after she failed to detect cancer in one patient and operated on the wrong end of the bowel of another.The New South Wales civil and administrative tribunal considered the treatment of 13 patients by Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt, finding her management of them fell significantly below reasonable standards. Continue reading...