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Le patient n'était pas atteint de la [[maladie de Lyme]] et le Dr Mayne a continué de maintenir à l'audience qu'il l'était. Le Dr Mayne a contesté la plupart des allégations mais a fait quelques aveux qu'il a cherché à justifier.<ref>https://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/Publications/Media-releases/2017/Dr-Peter-Mayne---Unsatisfactory-professional-conduct The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a complaint against Dr Peter Mayne before a Medical Professional Standards Committee. The Commission alleged that Dr Mayne’s treatment of a patient in 2012 and early 2013 amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct in that Dr Mayne, who was working as a general practitioner in the Laurieton area of NSW at the relevant time:<br><br>Inappropriately diagnosed the patient with Lyme disease;<br>Inappropriately commenced the patient on intramuscular antibiotic injections for Lyme disease;<br>Inappropriately treated the patient with weekly and then biweekly antibiotic injections for Lyme disease over approximately 30 weeks but failed to investigate or consider the patient might have cancer due to his age and medical history;<br>Failed to obtain informed consent from the patient for the experimental, novel or unproven antibiotic therapy from  March 2012 to January 2013;<br>Maintained poor records for the patient and in doing so contravened the regulations governing medical record keeping for medical practitioners.<br>The patient did not have Lyme disease and Dr Mayne continued to maintain at the hearing that he did.  Dr Mayne disputed most of the allegations but made some admissions which he sought to justify.<br><br>Decision<br><br>On 1 May 2017, the Professional Standards Committee found all allegations against Dr Mayne proved and that the conduct amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct. The Committee reprimanded Dr Mayne. As Dr Mayne is not currently a registered medical practitioner, the Committee ordered that should he return to the register, he must:<br><br>Practice in an accredited group general practice;<br>Not to advice, diagnose or treat patients who he believes to have or may have Lyme disease or similar tick-borne disease;<br>Practice under supervision;<br>Undergo an audit of his medical practice;<br>Complete courses in prescribing medications and record keeping.<br><br>Further Information<br>The full decision is available here and will be published on the Medical Council of New South Wales’ website.<br><br>For further information, contact the Executive Officer of the Health Care Complaints Commission, on 9219 7444 or send an email to media@hccc.nsw.gov.au.</ref>

Le patient n'était pas atteint de la [[maladie de Lyme]] et le Dr Mayne a continué de maintenir à l'audience qu'il l'était. Le Dr Mayne a contesté la plupart des allégations mais a fait quelques aveux qu'il a cherché à justifier.<ref>https://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/Publications/Media-releases/2017/Dr-Peter-Mayne---Unsatisfactory-professional-conduct The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted a complaint against Dr Peter Mayne before a Medical Professional Standards Committee. The Commission alleged that Dr Mayne’s treatment of a patient in 2012 and early 2013 amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct in that Dr Mayne, who was working as a general practitioner in the Laurieton area of NSW at the relevant time:<br><br>Inappropriately diagnosed the patient with Lyme disease;<br>Inappropriately commenced the patient on intramuscular antibiotic injections for Lyme disease;<br>Inappropriately treated the patient with weekly and then biweekly antibiotic injections for Lyme disease over approximately 30 weeks but failed to investigate or consider the patient might have cancer due to his age and medical history;<br>Failed to obtain informed consent from the patient for the experimental, novel or unproven antibiotic therapy from  March 2012 to January 2013;<br>Maintained poor records for the patient and in doing so contravened the regulations governing medical record keeping for medical practitioners.<br>The patient did not have Lyme disease and Dr Mayne continued to maintain at the hearing that he did.  Dr Mayne disputed most of the allegations but made some admissions which he sought to justify.<br><br>Decision<br><br>On 1 May 2017, the Professional Standards Committee found all allegations against Dr Mayne proved and that the conduct amounted to unsatisfactory professional conduct. The Committee reprimanded Dr Mayne. As Dr Mayne is not currently a registered medical practitioner, the Committee ordered that should he return to the register, he must:<br><br>Practice in an accredited group general practice;<br>Not to advice, diagnose or treat patients who he believes to have or may have Lyme disease or similar tick-borne disease;<br>Practice under supervision;<br>Undergo an audit of his medical practice;<br>Complete courses in prescribing medications and record keeping.<br><br>Further Information<br>The full decision is available here and will be published on the Medical Council of New South Wales’ website.<br><br>For further information, contact the Executive Officer of the Health Care Complaints Commission, on 9219 7444 or send an email to media@hccc.nsw.gov.au.</ref>

=== Détails supplémentaires au sujet de la plainte à l'origine des mesures prises par Comité des normes professionnelles médicales contre le Dr Mayne ===

=== Détails supplémentaires au sujet de la plainte à l'origine des mesures prises par le Comité des normes professionnelles médicales contre le Dr Mayne ===

[...]<br>Le Comité a noté que le patient A avait été un patient au cabinet du Dr Mayne depuis 2006, mais s'était rendu de façon pertinente à l'opération du 13 février 2012 quand le Dr Mayne lui avait diagnostiqué une arthrite migratoire [douleur et/ou gonflement qui atteint successivement une articulation puis une autre]. Le patient A était âgé de 68 ans, fumeur et souffrait d'une maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique. Il souffrait également d'une cardiopathie ischémique, d'hypertension et d'emphysème documentés.

[...]<br>Le Comité a noté que le patient A avait été un patient au cabinet du Dr Mayne depuis 2006, mais s'était rendu de façon pertinente à l'opération du 13 février 2012 quand le Dr Mayne lui avait diagnostiqué une arthrite migratoire [douleur et/ou gonflement qui atteint successivement une articulation puis une autre]. Le patient A était âgé de 68 ans, fumeur et souffrait d'une maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique. Il souffrait également d'une cardiopathie ischémique, d'hypertension et d'emphysème documentés.