Australian communities will miss out on vital health care by family doctors unless there is urgent action to encourage medical students and young doctors to choose general practice as their medical specialty.
Camera IconAustralian communities will miss out on vital health care by family doctors unless there is urgent action to encourage medical students and young doctors to choose general practice as their medical specialty. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

Doctor charged over sex assault on patient south of Perth

Staff ReporterCommunity News

A DOCTOR is accused of sexually assaulting a patient in a hospital south west of Perth at the end of last year.

Bunbury detectives allege the 48-year-old man sexually penetrated a woman without her consent in December last year.

He is due to appear in Bunbury Magistrates Court today.

Victims of sexual abuse can contact police on 131 444.

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