Patients in Australia are canceling surgery from doctors with ethnic names amid a patient backlash over the “Dr Death” scandal
“As the scandal unfolds, the Australian Divisions of General Practice has received reports of mounting concern among patients about the quality and qualifications of overseas-trained doctors.
It has reached a point interstate where patients are cancelling surgery due to the ‘ethnic inflection’ of surgeons’ surnames, according to ADGP chairman Dr Rob Walters.”
