Euthanasia Campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke Suspended by Medical Board

July 25, 2014

(The Guardian) – Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke has had his medical registration suspended after the medical board found he posed “a serious risk” to the health and safety of the public. The South Australian Board of the Medical Board of Australia said it made the decision, which will apply nationally, to “keep the public safe”. The interim suspension, an “immediate action” separate to other inquiries the regulator is conducting into the man dubbed “Doctor Death”, was triggered by an ABC television story in July alleging that Nitschke had counselled an apparently depressed but otherwise healthy Perth man, Nigel Brayley, to take his own life.