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Doctor banned for prescribing 'gay cure' to teen

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    Doctor banned for prescribing 'gay cure' to teen

    A Sydney doctor has been banned from practising as a GP after he prescribed chemical castration to an 18-year-old who sought a "cure" for being gay.

    Mark Christopher James Craddock, a member of the Exclusive Brethren Christian sect, prescribed the anti-androgen therapy cyproterone acetate (Cyprostat) during a 10-minute consultation in February 2008.

    The patient, who was a member of the same sect, had been referred to Dr Craddock, 75, by a church leader after he declared he was gay.

    In a letter of complaint to the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, the patient stated that the leader told him "there's medication you can go on".

    Dr Craddock wrote him a prescription for Cyprostat with five repeats.

    Four months later, the doctor admitted to the NSW Medical Council's professional standards committee that he did not ask for the patient's medical history, conduct a physical exam nor arrange a second appointment.

    Nor did he refer the teen to a psychologist, despite the drug manufacturer's recommendations, or discuss the drug's side effects, which include impotence.

    Dr Craddock, 75, later admitted to the committee it was dangerous to prescribe so much Cyprostat unsupervised.

    Last month the committee found him guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct.
     
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    I don't even know what the right punishment is in a case like that. Taking every asset he has to compensate the "patient" for the harm done to him would be a good start. Throwing him in jail for criminal incompetence or assault or something would be another.

    I really have no patience for that sort of ignorance. And from an MD, no less! I hope to God he hasn't done that to others.
     
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    i'd be happy with a jail sentence, even if it were a short one
     
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    Ugh! Killing a person's libido does not change their sexual orientation!
     
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    the tittle just made me laugh, cant believe people think theres still a cure, kind of annoys me that they think there's something wrong with a us!
     
  6. Wow, my level of faith in humanity has had a pretty bad night..... -_-
     
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    This just made me feel like everyone's worthless.
     
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    Chop his dick off.
     
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    What a sick individual. Honestly, I'd not only throw him in jail, but I'd take a close look at the law to see if anything can be used to go after other members of that sect. I'm pretty sure the pastor and at least several church leaders knew exactly what was going on, and thus I'm curious if something in the law could be used against them as well.

    The fact that the church leader told him that there was medication he could take, tells me that this guy might not be the only one. This doctor might have done this in the past to someone else.
     
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    If he's this clueless then what other horrible things has he done to people that haven't been revealed to the public?
     
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    A dick for a dick would make the whole world dickless.
     
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    lmfao!
     
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    My goodness... Surely this hasn't been the first time this guy's done this? He should be sued for medical malpractice!
     
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    Unsatisfactory professional conduct.

    I think that's putting it lightly.
     
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    This kind of thing makes me want to become a doctor even more. It's clear there are pockets of the medical community that are still anti-LGBT, and this simply should not be. It makes me seethe to think about it.
     
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    This guy is in the same commode as Kenneth Zucker, the same guy who thinks you can transform MTF transgender kids, eventually into cisnormative gender boys...What an idiot!?!

    Somebody just needs to flush!

    ...And Hurry up too!
     
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    What was this man (the doctor) even thinking!!!? I am just....at a loss of words here. YOU CAN'T CURE HOMOSEXUALITY FER CRYING OUT LOUD!

    Faith in humanity is diminishing once again e.e
     
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    haha, i lol'd

    RIP Gandhi
     
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    I can't believe that all they got him for was "unsatisfactory professional conduct-" they should have stuck him in jail, and made him pay huge fines. I wonder if the boy will press charges, or if others will admit to being told the same by that church leader. This is so wrong, I don't even know where to beginn. How do people let themselves be so ignorant? How much hate can a person have to do such a thing?