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On 28 Sep 2015, we sent a letter by email to Dr Brian Owler, the President of the Australian Medical Association which seemed harmless enough – we asked if there was anyone “within the medical profession” to whom those who … Continue reading →

And that is that whenever we have a problem there’s an ordinary email address we can use to access the the best experts in the world and the best information in the world to help us with it. Two things … Continue reading →

One of our readers started correspondence with Dr Elizabeth Coombs, the NSW Privacy Commissioner, on 7 Aug 2015, complaining that a particular doctor wasn’t providing him with copies of his health records and information, in accordance with the law. To … Continue reading →

In our more than seven years of working on these matter, we’re not sure that we’ve come across anything more amazing than these statements from this ABC article. What is being alleged is that even if the elderly have had top … Continue reading →

If ever there was an example of emails and email responses showing what someone is really like, it’s these. Clearly, in an effort to boost his very meagre credentials, Dr Daood claims, on his website, to be a Fellow of a … Continue reading →

We could just about write a book about Dr Mak and perhaps some day we will. More than three yeas ago we were first contacted by the lady who provided the first rating on him on the RateMDs.com website, dated … Continue reading →

Although RateMDs.com is the website of an organisation based in Toronto, Canada, it also publishes ratings on NSW doctors. When we first became aware of it 4 or 5 years ago we were quite impressed with it’s usefulness. But we … Continue reading →

In terms of responding to emails, Dr Sergides may one of the 10 best doctors we’ve come across in more than 7 years of looking for good doctors in Sydney – see this correspondence with him. As you can see, … Continue reading →

You have to worry about the quality of the public debate about some of the matters that are of vital importance to the welfare and happiness of the people of Australia. In the last few days there have been a … Continue reading →

Things like this continue to amaze and outrage us, even though we’ve vowed and declared never to be surprised by anything again. A Merrilyn Walton glories under the title of “Professor of Medical Education (Patient Safety) Public Health, School of … Continue reading →