NEWS HR
June 27, 2018
A south Auckland doctor convicted of indecently assaulting six female patients has been struck off. In 2016, Mushfiq Ahmad was found guilty at Manukau District Court of fondling women’s breasts during pre-employment medical checks in 2014. In a Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal hearing on Tuesday, Ahmad had his name removed from the register and was censured.
June 21, 2018
Juliet Rumball-Smith is to join the Ministry of Health as clinical chief advisor with a focus on primary healthcare.
June 21, 2018
A former Oamaru doctor who emailed a patient’s mother inviting her daughter for a “gentle bonk” has admitted touching her inappropriately over several years. At the Timaru District Court yesterday, Stephen James Dawson (60) pleaded guilty to representative charges of indecent assault and doing an indecent act with a person with significant impairment. A further charge of exploitative sexual connection was withdrawn.
June 21, 2018
A Dunedin medical student has failed to avoid a conviction for assaulting a young woman who challenged him about his inappropriate behaviour at a party. But in convicting 20-year-old Byung Chan Kim (20), Judge Kevin Phillips urged him to take the victim’s advice, and to “aim high”, to work his way through the consequences of a conviction. He gave Kim a 12-month deferred sentence and ordered him to pay $800 emotional harm reparation to the assault victim. Kim had been drinking at another gathering before arriving uninvited at the Frederick St party on the night of March 16. He kissed a young woman he knew and, when challenged by another female about his behaviour, grabbed that woman by the throat, squeezing for several seconds. He was removed from the party, a complaint was made to the police and he was charged with assaulting a female. Kim pleaded guilty but asked not to be convicted because of the likely effects on his study, his employment and his future. In the Dunedin District Court this week, counsel Jo Turner said the defendant accepted he had drunk too much and believed he had “misread cues” from the young woman he kissed. He was “a bit befuddled” when the victim spoke to him, felt he was “unable to get a word in” and reached out and grabbed the victim by the throat, holding on for a short time.
June 20, 2018
New Zealand Super has appointed Matt Whineray chief executive, a role he’s been acting in since March.
June 12, 2018
Vidhya Makam will spearhead technology driven innovative solutions at Geneva Healthcare. She previously held roles as CIO at Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, and more recently was COO at Whanau Tahi Limited.
June 12, 2018
Waitaki District Health Services Ltd has appointed Dr Fazal Mann, a former Oamaru Hospital medical officer, as its new clinical leader and rural hospital medicine specialist.
June 12, 2018
Christchurch Hospital emergency department staff say they are spat at, pinched, slapped and threatened at least 100 times each month. Emergency department (ED) staff have been punched, kicked, scratched, spat on and sworn during 160 violent incidents in Christchurch during a single month. New research suggests staff often fail to report violence as a result, leaving health boards and management in the dark about the scale of the problem. Dr Sandra Richardson, lead author of the latest study, said the public would be horrified if they realised the extent of the abuse.
