Wellington doctor Matthew Shelton was suspended after sending a text message to his patients about his anti-vaccination views stating he did not support the vaccination of children, and pregnant and fertile women.
He and former Taranaki District Health Board radiologist Dr Peter Canaday challenged the suspension in a multi-day hearing in Wellington District Court in February.
Now Judge Stephen Harrop has released his decisions and said he was satisfied that the council’s decision to suspend was not a fair, reasonable and proportionate response to patient safety or public health.
[…] Both lawyers had called the Medical Council’s decision to suspend as draconian.
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