A DISGRACED Western Australian GP's dreams of returning to clinical practice are all but over, following a Supreme Court of WA ruling.
Seeking to overturn a 10-year disqualification from registering as a medical professional imposed by the WA State Administrative Tribunal in Jun 2017, Dr Anish Dwarka Singh, tendered evidence that the ban had left him destitute.
Singh claimed the ban was "excessively harsh and punitive, not only to myself but also to my four children", adding: "given that there has been no patient death, patient complaint, evidence of criminality or harm done, I believe that the judgement is unreasonable and warrants revision".
The original Tribunal hearing found Singh had engaged in professional misconduct, carelessness and incompetence in his treatment of patients from 2008 until 2015, with pharmacy dispensing records forming a significant part of the evidence of his inappropriate practices.
Court documents tendered during the hearing noted Singh had a history of prescribing anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and stimulants for "many hundreds of patients".
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