Dr Leslie Blackstock licence suspended after bizarre conduct
THE licence of a Western Sydney cosmetic doctor has been suspended after The Daily Telegraph revealed he was putting patients at risk with bizarre conduct — including waking patients up in the middle of surgery to ask them questions.
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THE licence of a Western Sydney cosmetic doctor has been suspended after The Daily Telegraph revealed he was putting patients at risk with bizarre conduct — including waking patients up in the middle of surgery to ask them questions.
The Medical Council of NSW yesterday confirmed it has suspended the registration of Dr Leslie Blackstock, who worked at the Enhance Clinic in Emu Plains.
“Given public interest in this matter and the potential for patients at the Enhance Clinic to require follow up care, the NSW Medical Council urges any affected patients to consult their general practitioner as soon as possible,” a spokeswoman said.
The matter will now be referred to the powerful Health Care Complaints Commission to investigate.
It comes after revelations that he was under fire for waking up patients in the middle of cosmetic surgery to check if they were happy with their breast implants.
A “checklist” obtained by The Daily Telegraph showed Dr Blackstock had been giving patients arithmetical questions in the middle of surgeries to check cognition before asking them if they were happy with their implant sizes.
The Daily Telegraph was told that in some cases the partners of patients had been asked to go into surgeries to see what they thought of the implants. It was also revealed that Enhance Clinic had ignored orders from NSW Health to stop performing breast augmentations in an unlicensed clinic.
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has been informed by the council that Dr Blackstock’s registration has been suspended. The Daily Telegraph has previously exposed how a former patient of Dr Blackstock had to seek emergency medical help after his operation left her with an infection.
Plastic surgeon Dr Rohit Kumar, of Sydney Cosmetic Sanctuary, performed corrective surgery on the patient and said he was “extremely concerned” Dr Blackstock had been “waking patients” up mid-surgery.
Dr Blackstock has previously denied any wrongdoing. His clinic yesterday said that due to “illness” he couldn’t provide “assistance to his patients for foreseeable future”.