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DOCTORS FINED

EXCESSIVE ATTENDANCES AND FEES (Rec. 10.5) PERTH, July 19. Two Kalgoorlie doctors have been fined £240 by the Medical Register Committee for unnecessary attendances and excessive fees charged,, under the Workers’ Compensation Act. T'hev are Dr M. Gorman and Dr V. P. Neville, a lady debtor. The committee following complaints by the State insurance office, made an investigation into the attendance upon and' fees charged for two injured workers. Two' charges were levelled jointly against two doctors. On each of these charges they were each fined £3O. There were three other charges on which Dr. Neville was fined a further £l2O. These charges included 37 attendances in - 37 days on a worker who was suffering from a strained' back, 22 attendances in 23 days in a similar case, and 35 attendances in 36 days on a worker suffering from dislocation of the first metacarpal joint of the hand. All of the accounts rendered bv the doctors in connection with the cases will automatically be reduced. '•

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Grey River Argus, 20 July 1945, Page 5

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DOCTORS FINED Grey River Argus, 20 July 1945, Page 5

DOCTORS FINED Grey River Argus, 20 July 1945, Page 5

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