Serious Charge.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1922, Page 4

Serious Charge.

AGAINST SYDNEY DOCTOR. SYDNEY, Oct. 25 Serious charges in infamous conduct in a professional capacity have been made against one of Sydney ;■ most prominent medical men, Dr Zlotkowski, who is now appearing liefur a Medical Board to show cause why his name should not he removed from the Medical Register. The charges were first made by a weakly newspaper. Subsequently questions were asked in Parliament. The present action resulted. The first complaint alleged that Arthur Kcneh, Inspector oi Health, reported to the New South AYnles Medical Board that Dr Frederick Sobieski AYndimcr Zlotkowski was guilty of “infamous conduct” in a professional respect while acting as honorary phycioian of the out-patients’ department of Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, and of the National Association for the Prevention and Cure of Consumption, and that lie took advantage of his positions to solicit parents and guardians to employ liini in a pr.vale enpavity, representing that the patients required his special private treatment, which they could not obtain in the hospitals or elsewhere. Tiie coinplaint alleged that, hv means of these allegations, Zlotkotvski had obtained large sums of money. Inspector Kencli asked the Board to remove the name of the doctor from tho Medical Register for New South AYales. Counsel for the inspector said that about twelve cases had been prepared, and they would hi placed before- the Board, /lotkowski’s methods were to tell patients’ parents that the case, was very serious, and that it would require special subsequent treatment. The (lector would ask how much the parent could give, and he would then hand over his card with an address ill Macqumrie street. I.le said these things in order to extract money. He said certain cases were tubercular, and that they would r quire his sji cial serum. In one ease “lii 13s was paid for this serum, and

in another .€7 7s. The highest- amount paid, for a Ion" period of treatment, \ was .CllO 14s. If the evidence was behoved, it was nr.o of the “Toss* st cases o! the inisLis.- of it d ctur’s honorary position at a public hospital. and for ! ihe in is-: sordid rcsstnis possible. I Two per* 1 !s with a clean hill oi hoe.lih 1 1» >1 been rent l<> Zlotkotvski to t r;.j>‘ him into ;i dint'no.sis. A <iin;_iiif;sis I :>d been given fiuiti 1 contrary to Unit supplied liv other members of the medical profession. Many witnesses have been heard, but the ciise is not vtt eonelnded.