Queensland Children's Hospital intensive care specialist Dr Andreas Schibler, 56, had his medical licence suspended in August after prescribing himself thousands of doses - including for the strong opioid Oxycodone. Dr Schibler has admitted writing himself prescriptions for the drug known as 'hillbilly heroin' under the names of his wife, son and in-law relatives over three years. At one point at the start of this year, he admitted taking 16 of the highly-addictive painkillers in one day. The doctor has appealed his suspension - saying it has jeopardised his life-saving research work - in a submission to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Queensland Children's Hospital has maintained there was no risk to patients during Dr Schibler's painkiller-taking spree.

Source: Daily Mail December 05, 2020 23:08 UTC