Richard Gorringe

Dr. Richard Warwick Gorringe, MB, ChB, of Hamilton, New Zealand, was found guilty of Professional Misconduct and Disgraceful Conduct in 2003,[1] by the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand in Wellington, which drew upon expert witnesses to consider the application of complementary and alternative medicine.[2] The council ruled as to the lack of any scientific or other objectively determined merit or efficacy for Peak Muscle Resistance Testing (PMRT) -- also referred to as Bi-Digital O-Ring Testing (BDORT)[3]—or other equivalent forms of Applied Kinesiology.

Gorringe was stripped of his license to practice medicine and fined NZ$104,096 in the ruling.

Gorringe was subsequently found guilty of malpractice in the death of an earlier patient in a 2004 ruling of the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in Auckland, which concluded that Gorringe's reliance on BDORT to the exclusion of conventional diagnoses led to the patient's death.[3][4]

Gorringe is now seeing patients as Ricky Gorringe, at a health clinic in Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, which claims to use revolutionary diagnostic techniques, including non-drug natural therapies, and addressing causes not symptoms.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Binning (August 16, 2003). "Prayer doctor vows to carry on 'healing'". NZ Herald.
  2. ↑ "Richard Gorringe - MPDT Report 2003" (PDF). Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
  3. 1 2 Stephen Barrett, M.D. "Disciplinary Actions against Dr. Richard Gorringe". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Richard Gorringe - MPDT Report 2004" (PDF). Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
  5. ↑ http://www.waikatohealthclinic.co.nz/Who+we+are.html

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