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The Federal Court case Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister will be a landmark test case that puts patient rights and public interest first.
VIDEO: Why do junior doctors get prosecuted when there are no centralised commonly agreed healthcare standards that help patients?
We urgently need to raise $150,000 for legal costs towards this public interest case that supports a fairer and better healthcare system.
A tax invoice can be issued by telling us your ABN/ACN and nominated amount. Please email [email redacted]
We thank the high profiled human rights advocate Julian Burnside QC for accepting to represent Dr Karmakar in this Federal Court case- Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister
(Funds will be withdrawn to the trust account of Platinum Lawyers (Oxenford, QLD) for the purposes of running the Federal Court Case).
At the bottom of this article, we have listed 3 ways you can help even if you cannot donate.
Are you frustrated with your healthcare providers who cannot give you a commonly agreed clinical opinion about your health?
Healthcare is a necessity and regardless of your current health status, it is imperative that when you or your loved ones need medical care, that the best care is available. Has the health care system let you or someone you love down? This legal case is a unique opportunity to change the system towards a more sustainable and socially responsible healthcare system.
We want a fair go for patients and healthcare providers.
The sole purpose of this legal case is to bring patient rights and the public interest issue to the forefront of the healthcare system.
This case affects your freedom to choose your doctor or healthcare provider safely. This case affects all Australians now, and we need your help to protect millions of lives and save billions of dollars by ensuring you receive the right care all of the time.
There is no financial compensation claim to be paid to Dr Karmakar. She has also undertaken significant personal risk to raise awareness of this important issue. Her family and friends efforts are entirely pro bono. She wants to see a change in the healthcare system for the greater good.
Did you know that the Medical and Healthcare error is the third largest killer of human life?
In Australia, medical error is the third largest killer of human life after heart attacks and cancer. Unlike the aviation and accounting profession, there is a lack of commonly peer-reviewed agreed open, transparent and accountable healthcare standards that are enforced by the professions and the community. The Government’s rhetoric have failed to protect us from the banks and healthcare is no different. We need a better solution that assists in preventing unnecessary medical and healthcare errors.
The current Medicare system is adding to this problem. It affects the way you live.
The unfortunate financial impact on you and our community are the costs associated with the unnecessary harming of lives and paying higher taxes as the result of inaction on behalf of Government of an outdated and broken system.
Sadly the legal solution is the only solution left!!
Dr Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister
Unfortunately, after many attempts including a supportive 2011 Federal Senate Inquiry, there has been no change in a system that requires adjustment.
The inactivity of Government means the intervention of the Courts is the only solution left.
The Federal Court case Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister will be a landmark test case that puts patient rights and public interest first.
The 1980 RACGP v Commonwealth High Court ruled, the Government does not have a right to interfere in the doctor-patient relationship. The current Medicare audit rules are undermining this right. For further information, read David and Goliath Medical Billing Investigations and the Silencing of Doctors
More harm than good is occurring but there is a more sustainable and socially responsible way forward.
VIDEO: Why do junior doctors get prosecuted when there are no centralised commonly agreed healthcare standards that help patients?
Every day this case will positively affect your life.
If you are not already, it is inevitable that you will become a patient one day. This affects your life and your hip pocket. Nobody wants to experience unnecessary treatment or care or worse, misdiagnosis due to funding issues.
A lack of reliable and centralised guidelines (opinions) results in poorer health literacy and reduces your freedom to choose the right doctor and or healthcare provider. Furthermore, it disempowers you in a complex and overwhelming healthcare system. You deserve better, and our politicians need to be encouraged to act now. An independent not for profit international healthcare standards and ethics board leads to a better community-led solution.
If the Government has enough trouble managing the banks how can they manage your health? Should they or should you?
Did you know doctors and healthcare providers are withdrawing life-saving services?
A further concern is a recent national survey. It has revealed that Medicare is creating unnecessary anxiety and frustration among healthcare providers. They are withdrawing potentially legitimate and life-saving health care services that you may need such as a Pap smear, a blood test, pain relief treatment etc. due to unpublish Medicare clinical rules and quotas.
In simple terms, healthcare providers are being prosecuted for speeding when there are no published speed limits. So some are afraid to drive, and others are speeding. All we want are the posted rules so everyone can obey the speed limit. The current “quota system” is doing more harm than good. Do you want your Doctor to have access to appropriate diagnostic tools or be a victim of economic misdiagnosis which is the current system on trial.
This is where we need your help to raise awareness, obtain your feedback and funding so that Doctors can use the tools to provide Patients with the best health outcome possible. All funding will be used to assist with the legal costs for Dr Kamakar’s test case. Any remainder of the funding will be to promote an independent not for profit centralised international healthcare standards and ethics board that is patient friendly that responds faster to your healthcare needs.
The Federal Court hearing is scheduled for 9th March 2019 but we need your help now, please donate and if you cannot at least forward this request to someone who can.
Please share if you care for this once in a lifetime opportunity to redefine the healthcare system for your loved ones.
1. Donate
Remember Dr Karmakar is doing this for free, she is not seeking any compensation for this case. None can apply. This is a matter of public principle.
Make a donation.
A tax invoice can be issued by telling us your ABN/ACN and nominated amount. Please email [email redacted].au
2. We want to hear from you
Regardless of whether you can donate we want to hear from you please complete the most applicable survey’s to you below.
For patients to complete:
Your health rights to know https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HDK6N73
For doctors, providers and practice staff to complete:
Medicare Item Complexity https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J87Z7KT
3. Share if you care - Urgently spread the word, share this link if you care!
For more information
A fair go for patients and providers: To reduce fatal medical errors look to the world of accountancy
Funds will be withdrawn to the Trust Account of Platinum Lawyers (Oxenford, QLD) for the purpose of funding the public interest legal case.
A tax invoice can be issued by telling us your ABN/ACN and nominated amount. Please email [email redacted]
The Federal Court case Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister will be a landmark test case that puts patient rights and public interest first.
VIDEO: Why do junior doctors get prosecuted when there are no centralised commonly agreed healthcare standards that help patients?
We urgently need to raise $150,000 for legal costs towards this public interest case that supports a fairer and better healthcare system.
A tax invoice can be issued by telling us your ABN/ACN and nominated amount. Please email [email redacted]
We thank the high profiled human rights advocate Julian Burnside QC for accepting to represent Dr Karmakar in this Federal Court case- Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister
(Funds will be withdrawn to the trust account of Platinum Lawyers (Oxenford, QLD) for the purposes of running the Federal Court Case).
At the bottom of this article, we have listed 3 ways you can help even if you cannot donate.
Are you frustrated with your healthcare providers who cannot give you a commonly agreed clinical opinion about your health?Healthcare is a necessity and regardless of your current health status, it is imperative that when you or your loved ones need medical care, that the best care is available. Has the health care system let you or someone you love down? This legal case is a unique opportunity to change the system towards a more sustainable and socially responsible healthcare system.
We want a fair go for patients and healthcare providers.
The sole purpose of this legal case is to bring patient rights and the public interest issue to the forefront of the healthcare system.
This case affects your freedom to choose your doctor or healthcare provider safely. This case affects all Australians now, and we need your help to protect millions of lives and save billions of dollars by ensuring you receive the right care all of the time.
There is no financial compensation claim to be paid to Dr Karmakar. She has also undertaken significant personal risk to raise awareness of this important issue. Her family and friends efforts are entirely pro bono. She wants to see a change in the healthcare system for the greater good.
Did you know that the Medical and Healthcare error is the third largest killer of human life?
In Australia, medical error is the third largest killer of human life after heart attacks and cancer. Unlike the aviation and accounting profession, there is a lack of commonly peer-reviewed agreed open, transparent and accountable healthcare standards that are enforced by the professions and the community. The Government’s rhetoric have failed to protect us from the banks and healthcare is no different. We need a better solution that assists in preventing unnecessary medical and healthcare errors.
The current Medicare system is adding to this problem. It affects the way you live.
The unfortunate financial impact on you and our community are the costs associated with the unnecessary harming of lives and paying higher taxes as the result of inaction on behalf of Government of an outdated and broken system.
Sadly the legal solution is the only solution left!!
Dr Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister
Unfortunately, after many attempts including a supportive 2011 Federal Senate Inquiry, there has been no change in a system that requires adjustment.
The inactivity of Government means the intervention of the Courts is the only solution left.
The Federal Court case Karmakar v The Federal Health Minister will be a landmark test case that puts patient rights and public interest first.
The 1980 RACGP v Commonwealth High Court ruled, the Government does not have a right to interfere in the doctor-patient relationship. The current Medicare audit rules are undermining this right. For further information, read David and Goliath Medical Billing Investigations and the Silencing of Doctors
More harm than good is occurring but there is a more sustainable and socially responsible way forward.
VIDEO: Why do junior doctors get prosecuted when there are no centralised commonly agreed healthcare standards that help patients?
Every day this case will positively affect your life.
If you are not already, it is inevitable that you will become a patient one day. This affects your life and your hip pocket. Nobody wants to experience unnecessary treatment or care or worse, misdiagnosis due to funding issues.
A lack of reliable and centralised guidelines (opinions) results in poorer health literacy and reduces your freedom to choose the right doctor and or healthcare provider. Furthermore, it disempowers you in a complex and overwhelming healthcare system. You deserve better, and our politicians need to be encouraged to act now. An independent not for profit international healthcare standards and ethics board leads to a better community-led solution.
If the Government has enough trouble managing the banks how can they manage your health? Should they or should you?
Did you know doctors and healthcare providers are withdrawing life-saving services?
A further concern is a recent national survey. It has revealed that Medicare is creating unnecessary anxiety and frustration among healthcare providers. They are withdrawing potentially legitimate and life-saving health care services that you may need such as a Pap smear, a blood test, pain relief treatment etc. due to unpublish Medicare clinical rules and quotas.
In simple terms, healthcare providers are being prosecuted for speeding when there are no published speed limits. So some are afraid to drive, and others are speeding. All we want are the posted rules so everyone can obey the speed limit. The current “quota system” is doing more harm than good. Do you want your Doctor to have access to appropriate diagnostic tools or be a victim of economic misdiagnosis which is the current system on trial.
This is where we need your help to raise awareness, obtain your feedback and funding so that Doctors can use the tools to provide Patients with the best health outcome possible. All funding will be used to assist with the legal costs for Dr Kamakar’s test case. Any remainder of the funding will be to promote an independent not for profit centralised international healthcare standards and ethics board that is patient friendly that responds faster to your healthcare needs.
The Federal Court hearing is scheduled for 9th March 2019 but we need your help now, please donate and if you cannot at least forward this request to someone who can.
Please share if you care for this once in a lifetime opportunity to redefine the healthcare system for your loved ones.
1. Donate
Remember Dr Karmakar is doing this for free, she is not seeking any compensation for this case. None can apply. This is a matter of public principle.
Make a donation.
A tax invoice can be issued by telling us your ABN/ACN and nominated amount. Please email [email redacted].au
2. We want to hear from you
Regardless of whether you can donate we want to hear from you please complete the most applicable survey’s to you below.
For patients to complete:
Your health rights to know https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HDK6N73
For doctors, providers and practice staff to complete:
Medicare Item Complexity https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J87Z7KT
3. Share if you care - Urgently spread the word, share this link if you care!
For more information
A fair go for patients and providers: To reduce fatal medical errors look to the world of accountancy
Funds will be withdrawn to the Trust Account of Platinum Lawyers (Oxenford, QLD) for the purpose of funding the public interest legal case.
A tax invoice can be issued by telling us your ABN/ACN and nominated amount. Please email [email redacted]
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Jonathan Lee
Organizer
Eastwood NSW
David Dahm
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