A doctor has been accused of indecently assaulting a patient while she was in the emergency department.
Dr Wilson Pakalu, who made history by becoming the first person from Papua New Guinea to qualify at an Australian media school, was working at Parkes Hospital in NSW when the woman presented to the emergency department with abdominal pains and unusual menstrual bleeding, 6 Minutes reports.
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The patient, who was 27 at the time, was then inappropriately touched by Dr Pakalu, 37.
Following the incident, he lost his job and his name was placed on the NSW service check register.
He has since been charged with aggravated indecent assault and pleaded guilty.
He was sentenced to 12 months jail but the sentence was suspended on a good behaviour bond.
Dr Pakalu is now working as a surgical registrar at Nonga Hospital in PNG but wished to return to Australia in 2018 to engage in specialist studies in orthopaedics.
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