Doctor Malpractice In The News

Two journalists from the Nine Network's axed Sunday program have won the gold Walkley, the most prized award in Australian journalism.

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TWO journalists from the Nine Network's axed Sunday program have won the gold Walkley, the most prized award in Australian journalism.

Dr. Robert C. Raynor was honored at the Nov. 7 Governor football game for 50 years of service to Nelson County High School athletes. Dr. Raynor has performed yearly physicals for athletes as well as been on the sideline of at least one football game for 50 years. He recently retired from Afton Family Medicine, but continues to serve two local nursing homes as the medical director.

Family doctors are are increasingly leaving the field and fewer young doctors are replacing them, making it harder for patients who are in the market for a new doctor to find one. What you can do:

Motivated by the mystery of a nightmare clinical scenario, scientists studying how anesthesia affects the brain are now opening a window to the source of human consciousness.

Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde have blamed the falling standard of education in country on examination malpractices which he said is being orchestrated by organizations responsible for conduct of public examinations.

When Dr. Rodolfo Walss placed an advertisement in the phone book, he had no idea he'd end up with a $500 fine and publicity he wish he'd never received.

THE Australian newspaper last night claimed three prestigious Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism.

Earlier this month, News Channel 3 reported about a doctor accused of blinding a Southland woman during eye surgery. That doctor may now lose her license.