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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey Medical editor

NSW doctor barred from practising for six months after operating on wrong end of patient’s bowel

Albury hospital
A NSW tribunal has found a surgeon ‘made a catastrophic error’ when operating on the wrong end of a 79-year-old man’s bowel at Albury hospital in December 2019. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

A surgeon has been found guilty of professional misconduct and barred from practising medicine for six months after she failed to detect cancer in one patient and operated on the wrong end of the bowel of another.

The New South Wales civil and administrative tribunal considered the treatment of 13 patients by Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt, finding her management of them fell significantly below reasonable standards.

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