The head of medical services at the Launceston General Hospital has been accused of showing "an astonishing lack of insight into the pain" he was causing when he said he did not believe the alleged rape of an 11-year-old patient occurred.
Peter Renshaw, who has been in the role since 1989, was giving evidence on Thursday to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings.