Six Queensland doctors face criminal charges over harm or death to their patients | The Australian: "SIX Queensland doctors have been referred to police and risk facing criminal charges over the harm or death of their patients.
Health minister Lawrence Springborg says up to 11 medical bungles had been attributed to one practitioner.
The potential police action was one of four recommendations in a report from top criminal law specialist and former crown prosecutor Jeffrey Hunter SC into allegations of medical malpractice by Queensland doctors.
That report was sparked by former medical board investigator turned whistleblower Jo Barber, who lifted the lid on the issue last year.
Mr Springborg says incidents in the report were from public and private hospitals and private clinics from across the state.
It will prompt law changes to alter the way medical malpractice claims are handled in the future, he says."
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