Health Care Complaints Commission v Sriskanda (No 2) [2021] NSWCATOD 87

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Sriskanda (No 2) [2021] NSWCATOD 87 Hearing dates: 02 June 2021 Date of orders: 22 June 2021 Decision date: 22 June 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Cowdroy AO QC ADCJ, Principal Member Dr H Haikal-Mukhtar, Senior Member Dr G Yeo, Senior Member J Houen, General Member Decision: The Tribunal, having found that each of Complaint One to Complaint Five inclusive is established, makes the following orders: (1) The registration of the respondent as a medical practitioner is cancelled with effect from seven days after the date of these orders; (2) The respondent is prohibited from making any application for re-registration for a period of two years from the date of these orders; (3) The respondent is to pay 85% of the applicant's costs in respect of the proceedings as agreed or assessed in default of agreement. Catchwords: HEALTH — professional registration and discipline — registration — disciplinary sanction Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales) Regulation 2010 (NSW) (repealed) Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales) Regulation 2016 (NSW) Cases Cited: HCCC v Iskander [2015] NSWCATOD 30 Health Care Complaints Commission v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Health Care Complaints Commission v Karalasingham [2007] NSWCA 267 Health Care Complaints Commission v Nguyen [2018] NSWCATOD 82 Health Care Complaints Commission v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Health Care Complaints Commission v Sriskanda [2021] NSWCATOD 42 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Urmila Sriskanda (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00252812 Publication restriction: The disclosure of the names of the patients set out in the schedule to the Complaint, together with any information or material which could identify these persons, is prohibited pursuant to an order made on 14 April 2021.