Former Bundaberg surgeon Jayant Patel has been barred from ever practising medicine again in Australia.
Queensland’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal handed down its judgment this morning, finding Dr Patel lied to be registered in Queensland and concealed matters which questioned his suitability.
Judge Alexander Horneman-Wren said Dr Patel must never be registered as a practitioner in the medical health profession.
Dr Patel served time in prison for killing three patients at Bundaberg Hospital but won a High Court challenge against his conviction and was released from jail in 2012.
The Medical Board of Australia and the Health Practitioner Regulation Agency brought disciplinary action against him after all criminal proceedings against him had finished.
They argued he lied to be registered as a doctor in Bundaberg in 2003, and performed surgeries he knew he was not competent to do.
Dr Patel did not attend the hearing.
Australian medical authorities believe the decision will stop him from practising medicine around the world.
More to come.