Australian doctor slammed for saying more women make workforce more vulnerable

Exclusive: In emails obtained by SBS News, senior Sydney obstetrician Dr Hans Peter Dietz told doctors the medical industry was “increasingly vulnerable because it’s increasingly female”.

Professor Hans Peter Dietz

Professor Hans Peter Dietz. Source: AIUMultrasound/YouTube

A senior doctor and member of the leadership council of the NSW medical union has been criticised for making controversial comments about women in medicine.

The remarks by Dr Hans Peter Dietz, which were sent on a group email to about 35 people in the union's committee, were made in response to a Sydney Morning Herald article last year about troubling results from a junior doctors survey on workplace culture. 

Read the full article in English here.


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