An anaesthetist involved in the care of a Melbourne woman who died shortly after a surgical abortion had strict conditions imposed on his medical registration and was not permitted to work at the clinic on the day she diedcan also reveal two other health practitioners who worked at the Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic also had conditions imposed on their medical registrations by a national medical regulator, which lapsed weeks before her deathThe Australian Health Practitioner Regulation...
Between April 2022 and March 2023, the board also mandated that the anesthetist be supervised by another practitioner at all times when undertaking obstetric or other epidural procedures.Advertisement Conditions imposed between May 2022 and 2023 stipulated Lopes must only practise as a medical practitioner under supervision of another practitioner, approved by the Medical Board of Australia.For several years he was also only permitted to practise at approved locations and ordered “not have contact with any female patient without the physical presence of a Medical Board-approved practice monitor”.
The tribunal also heard that before performing the internal examination, Lopes said to the patient words to the effect of: “Ha, I didn’t even have to buy you dinner first.”including asking to see her vagina, have sexual intercourse with her and perform a Pap smear on her.AHPRA’s register shows that between October 2021 and December 2023 Kenney was permitted to only practise during daytime hours between Monday to Friday and not exceed three shifts per week.