Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic collapses into liquidation a year after sudden death

The Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic, banned from conducting surgeries after the sudden death of a patient, has collapsed into liquidation owing creditors $1.2m.

A Melbourne abortion clinic banned from performing surgeries following the sudden death of a patient has collapsed into liquidation.

A Melbourne abortion clinic banned from performing surgeries following the sudden death of a patient has collapsed into liquidation owing more than $1m.

Narre Warren South mother-of-two Harjit Kaur died shortly after a pregnancy termination surgery at Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic in January last year.

The clinic has now gone bust, with Worrells liquidator Ivan Glavas winding up the business and selling off assets in order to raise funds for creditors.

At least 17 creditors are owed $1.2m, an early report lodged by the clinic’s sole director Michelle Kenney with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission reveals.

A total of $300,000 is owed in superannuation.

The Australian Taxation Office and Victoria’s Office of State Revenue are listed as being owed $30,323 and $27,351 respectively.

Dr Kenney is listed as a creditor herself, owed $750,000, as well as various other Melbourne doctors who are individually owed as much as $21,000.

Ms Kaur died shortly after a pregnancy termination surgery at Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic in January last year. Source: GoFundMe

Obstetrician and gynaecologist Rudy Lopes and anaesthetist Tony Chow, who both performed the abortion surgery on Ms Kaur, are listed as being owed $21,912 and $27,508 respectively.

Assets declared by Dr Kenney included $62,000 worth in cars, of which only $35,000 is deemed realisable.

The company collapsed with just over $16,000 in cash at the bank, but that has been taken as an upfront payment to cover the liquidator’s costs.

Mr Glavas, who was appointed liquidator just over two weeks ago, said the business had ceased trading.

“Our initial role will be to collect the books and records of the company and to realise any assets remaining in the company as at the date of liquidation,” he said.

“Creditors will be kept informed of any material updates in respect to this file in due course.”

He said he was still in the process of gathering information on the financial affairs of the company.

“A report to creditors is expected to be issued within the next three months.”

Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic was stripped of its surgical accreditation in February last year following the death of the then 30-year-old Ms Kaur.

Melbourne dad Sukhjinder Singh and his late wife Ms Kaur. Pictured: Supplied

The mother of two died soon after a surgical abortion at the private clinic on January 12, 2024.

Her death, under investigation by a Coroner, triggered a series of Department of Health inspections which resulted in the indefinite suspension of the clinic’s day procedure registration due to it “operating in a manner that posed serious risks to patient health and safety”.

Three doctors, Dr Lopes, Dr Chow and Dr Kenney, were suspended by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency at the time.

Dr Kenney was allowed to return to work as a doctor months later on the condition she held no clinical governance role until her case can be heard in full at a later hearing, a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal previously ruled.

Dr Lopes had several restrictions on him in the lead-up to the surgery and was previously reprimanded by VCAT over sexual remarks to women.

VCAT previously heard Dr Chow was not allowed to be working at the clinic the day Ms Kaur died and his services were instead billed to Medicare under Dr Kenney, who was not there.

Dr Kenney’s lawyer Diana Price told the tribunal this was a “data entry issue” and that a previous staffer hired Dr Chow.

Hampton Park Women’s Health Clinic was contacted for comment.