நோயாளி பெண்களை கற்பழித்த டாக்டர் அஹம்து முகம்மது சபீத் தனது மனித உரிமை பாதிக்கப்பட்டதாக கூச்சல்

நோயாளி பெண்களை கற்பழித்த டாக்டர் அஹம்து முகம்மது சபீத் தனது மனித உரிமை பாதிக்கப்பட்டதாக கூச்சல் எழுப்பியுள்ளார்.

இவரிடம் மருத்துவத்துக்கு சென்ற பல பெண் நோயாளிகள் இவர் மீது புகார் கொடுத்ததால், இவரது மருத்துவ பிராக்டிஸை நிறுத்துவைத்துள்ளது மருத்துவ கவுன்ஸில்.

இதனால் தனது மனித உரிமை பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக கூக்குரல் எழுப்பியுள்ளார் இந்த மருத்துவர்

Rape accused claims rights breachArticle from: AAPFont size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print By Daniel Fogarty
June 25, 2008 06:45pm

A DOCTOR charged with raping a female patient claims his suspension by the state's medical board breaches his human rights

Ahmed Mohamed Sabet was already under investigation for alleged misconduct with a patient when he was charged in March with the rape and indecent assault of another patient.

He was suspended at a Victorian Medical Practitioners Board hearing in April.

The GP claims the suspension infringed his right to the presumption of innocence.

Dr Sabet has since been granted an interim right to practice under strict conditions that include him not treating female patients.

The charges are still before the courts.

In what presiding justice Elizabeth Hollingworth described as a legal test case for Victoria's Charter of Human Rights, Dr Sabet is seeking a Supreme Court review of the Medical Practitioners Board decision to suspend him.

A win for Dr Sabet would affect the right of all boards and tribunals in Victoria to suspend a person facing criminal charges.

"The tribunal is bound to uphold the human right of the presumption of innocence every time it deals with criminal charges if it thinks it is relevant to do so," Dr Sabet's lawyer Jeremy Ruskin, QC, today told the Supreme Court.

"It must respect the right of the applicant not to be presumed guilty."

Mr Ruskin questioned why the board ruled the public was in more danger now that Dr Sabet had been charged with rape than when "disturbingly similar" allegations were made last year.

Tim Ginnane, SC, for the Board told the court it was the board's responsibility to protect the public.

He said the suspension was an interim decision that would be reviewed.

The court heard a woman known only as AB raised misconduct allegations against Dr Sabet with the board in June 2007.

The board was investigating those allegations when notified by police that Dr Sabet had been charged with three counts of rape and five counts of indecent assault following an alleged incident with a patient known as YZ in October last year.

According to his Medical Practitioners Board registration details, Dr Sabet gained his medical qualifications at the University of Cairo in 1988.

Under his interim registration conditions, which expire at 4pm (AEST) tomorrow, Dr Sabet must see only male patients and is restricted to working at five suburban clinics.

The civil trial before Justice Hollingworth continues tomorrow.