A long-serving Napier GP has had his practicing certificate suspended by the Medical Council and has sold out of his central city clinic. Alexander Luft, 58, is a Canadian doctor who had practiced in Napier since 1989. He had been working at the Clive Square Medical Centre, which he set up in 2001, until late last year, when patients were told via the clinic’s website that he would be retiring as of November 17. The website did not mention the fact that the Medical Council had suspended Luft’s practicing certificate from that day. The Medical Council will not say why the certificate was suspended.
…
