Category Archives: Dr Andrew Brooks Urologist

Dr Albert Shafransky Cardiologist

In case any of our readers haven’t realised it yet, the medical profession in Australia, is, to all intents and purposes, unregulated – doctors know they can get away with murder, almost literally. If we don’t do our homework we … Continue reading

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Dr Andrew Brooks Urologist 7

Dr Brooks claims that the ordinary email address on his website is set up so that it detects and screens out emails from patients so that he doesn’t receive them. As we’ve discussed before, this is a lie. Even if … Continue reading

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Dr Andrew Brooks Urologist 6

One of the consequences of our reader seeing Dr Brooks was that not only did the treatment he applied not help because it was clearly the wrong treatment, at a cost of $6-7,000, but it so physically damaged him that … Continue reading

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Dr Andrew Brooks Urologist 5

What are we to think of a doctor who, although he has an ordinary email address on his website which might lead his patients to think that they could email him, has, in fact, gone to the trouble to have … Continue reading

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The Information and Privacy Commission New South Wales in action 3

On the 22 Apr 2015, one of our readers emailed Dr Andrew Brooks, using the email address on his website, asking how he could get copies of his “health records and information,” and followed it up with another 4 emails in … Continue reading

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It’s 3 months today since, on 7 Aug 2015, we started writing to Dr Elizabeth Coombs, the NSW Privacy Commissioner, seeking to get her help to get copies of one of our readers’ health records and information from Dr Andrew … Continue reading

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A changing world 2

Recently, when a complaint was made to the NSW Privacy Commissioner that Dr Andrew Brooks, Urologist, hadn’t responded to numerous requests from one of his patients for copies of his health records and information, Dr Brooks made a complete fool … Continue reading

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Getting copies of your “health records and information” from NSW doctors 3

This may become widely known as the Andrew Brooks excuse to be made to patients, and make him famous, justifiably – “The only reason I haven’t responded to any of your emails, in particular those asking how you got copies of … Continue reading

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Getting copies of your “health records and information” from NSW doctors 2

In a previous post on this subject we bemoaned the fact that it seemed the so called regulatory authorities and profession bodies wouldn’t lift a finger to do anything about NSW doctors treating the legal requirement that they provide their … Continue reading

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Dr Andrew Brooks Urologist 3

A letter emailed to Dr Brooks today – 7 Sep 2015. “We understand that recently, when a patient was referred to you for help with a “frequency” problem – he was having to get up a couple of times a … Continue reading

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