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A Gold Coast mother whose seven-year-old son was hogtied by a veteran paediatrician says she wants the doctor deregistered to prevent others from going through the same ordeal.
Dr Neville Goodwin Davis, 60, was yesterday found guilty of assault and of sitting on a child during a consultation at a Gold Coast clinic in October 2012.
The mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, took photos with her phone of Dr Davis hogtying her son, who was being treated for ADHD.
"He bound his ankles together then he bound his hands together," the boy's mother told A Current Affair.
She said Dr Davis told her he was proving her child didn't have Asperger's syndrome.
Dr Neville Goodwin Davis. (A Current Affair)
"He said an Asperger's child would be screaming their lungs out by now."
Dr Davis received a 12-month, $1000 good behavior bond with no conviction recorded over the incident.
The mother claimed he also threatened to flush her child's head down the toilet, which Dr Davis denied in court.
Her seven-year-old suffered a major seizure the night following the consultation and had been seizure free for two-and-a-half years prior.
"He now has got severe anxiety. Everything is bitten, he bites holes in his shirt, he bites Wii controls, he bites them right through to the metal," his mother said.
She claims his anxiety is triggering seizures that are causing calcium deposits on his brain, with doctors saying he may not survive another five years.
A mother took photos of her son's doctor hog-tying her seven-year-old during a consultation in 2012.
Michelle Ridgen is another mother who had Dr Davis treat her five-year-old son 10 years ago for behavioural problems.
"He was telling us this is the way to discipline your child, just grab him by the hair, pull him to his feet," she said.
Ms Ridgen has described the doctor's behavior as "barbaric".
"You just don't do that to kids," she said.
Since the allegations the Australian Medical Board ruled Dr Davis must have a committee approved chaperone present during consultations with a patient under the age of 18.
Doctor Davis will front the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal March 27 where they'll decide whether he should be suspended or deregistered.
SOURCE: Mother wants doctor who hogtied her seven-year-old son to be deregistered - 9news.com.au
(Not written by me. Video available at source article).
A Gold Coast mother whose seven-year-old son was hogtied by a veteran paediatrician says she wants the doctor deregistered to prevent others from going through the same ordeal.
Dr Neville Goodwin Davis, 60, was yesterday found guilty of assault and of sitting on a child during a consultation at a Gold Coast clinic in October 2012.
The mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, took photos with her phone of Dr Davis hogtying her son, who was being treated for ADHD.
"He bound his ankles together then he bound his hands together," the boy's mother told A Current Affair.
She said Dr Davis told her he was proving her child didn't have Asperger's syndrome.
Dr Neville Goodwin Davis. (A Current Affair)
"He said an Asperger's child would be screaming their lungs out by now."
Dr Davis received a 12-month, $1000 good behavior bond with no conviction recorded over the incident.
The mother claimed he also threatened to flush her child's head down the toilet, which Dr Davis denied in court.
Her seven-year-old suffered a major seizure the night following the consultation and had been seizure free for two-and-a-half years prior.
"He now has got severe anxiety. Everything is bitten, he bites holes in his shirt, he bites Wii controls, he bites them right through to the metal," his mother said.
She claims his anxiety is triggering seizures that are causing calcium deposits on his brain, with doctors saying he may not survive another five years.
Michelle Ridgen is another mother who had Dr Davis treat her five-year-old son 10 years ago for behavioural problems.
"He was telling us this is the way to discipline your child, just grab him by the hair, pull him to his feet," she said.
Ms Ridgen has described the doctor's behavior as "barbaric".
"You just don't do that to kids," she said.
Since the allegations the Australian Medical Board ruled Dr Davis must have a committee approved chaperone present during consultations with a patient under the age of 18.
Doctor Davis will front the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal March 27 where they'll decide whether he should be suspended or deregistered.
SOURCE: Mother wants doctor who hogtied her seven-year-old son to be deregistered - 9news.com.au
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