Doctor banned for 12 months after sending racist email to Australia’s first Indigenous eye surgeon
by Natasha May Health reporter from on (#6G3TB)
Yuggera, Warangoo and Wiradjuri doctor Kristopher Rallah-Baker says it's important others see they won't be brought down if they complain about racism'
A GP has been banned from registering as a doctor for a year in Australia because of discriminatory behaviour toward an Indigenous doctor he accused of being a fake Aboriginal" akin to like a watered down bottle of Grange".
The medical board described the decision as a landmark outcome" as it is the first case to make reference to changes in the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) national law introduced last year to include a definition of cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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