Doctor temporarily banned over thousands of potentially ‘incomplete’ colonoscopies in Albury-Wodonga
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Almost 2,000 patients of surgeon told by health authorities they may need to have procedures repeated to ensure they do not have cancer after an investigation by regulators
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A surgeon who performed thousands of potentially incomplete" colonoscopies in Albury-Wodonga has been temporarily banned from practising medicine.
Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt will remain registered as a GP and specialist surgeon in Australia, but according to conditions imposed on Friday cannot perform any medical procedures or treat patients.
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