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Health authorities warn of fake doctor working in Werribee

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A fake doctor has allegedly treated at least 145 patients over almost four years at a cosmetic clinic in Melbourne's west, health authorities warn.

Jessica Castree was only 22 when she lost her baby.

Young mother's battle over Bacchus Marsh baby death

For six torturous years she blamed only herself.

The investigation team examined thousands of pages of clinical records and interviewed dozens of staff members.

Forty workers investigated over Bacchus Marsh Hospital baby deaths

Health authorities have investigated 40 doctors, nurses and other professionals over the baby deaths scandal at Bacchus Marsh Hospital.

Gemma, 5, pins hopes on cannabis oil for relief from seizures

Medicinal cannabis is being imported by the Victorian government from Canada to treat children with severe epilepsy.

Dr Hassan Alkazali was the subject of 17 complaints when he worked in Kinglake.

Doctor who pestered patient for sex stripped of registration

A Melbourne doctor with a long history of receiving formal warnings has finally been been stripped of his registration to practice medicine after asking a vulnerable patient for sex.

Donor-conceived woman Katherine Vowles at her home in Melbourne.

Katherine's search for donor changes today

The man Katherine has been searching for is six foot one with green eyes, and skin that doesn't burn in the sun.

Dr Hassan Alkazali outside VCAT on Wednesday

Doctor who asked patient for sex had been warned

A Melbourne doctor who asked a patient for sex while offering to help her get a disability pension was twice warned specifically not to cross professional boundaries with patients.

Rosa Zull was diagnosed with Ross River Virus.

Victoria's Ross River virus outbreak worsens

There have been another 231 reports of Ross River virus infections in a week as the outbreak that has already caused some Victorians months of pain and fatigue continues to grow.

Rosa Zull,one of more than 1000 Victorians diagnosed since January 1 with Ross River virus, speaks of the pain and ...

Victims tell of agony of Ross River fever

Victorians struck by the Ross River virus outbreak - including a doctor who says he was infected by a mosquito in Melbourne's northeast - have described how debilitating symptoms are interfering with their lives.

The AMA found Victoria failed to meet targets on emergency department wait lists.

Hospitals in constant 'state of emergency', AMA report card finds

Patients are languishing in emergency departments, they're faced with ever growing elective surgery waits, and hospital bed numbers aren't keeping apace with the population, an AMA report has found.