Ramsay Health suggested doctors would be pushed out if they worked for rival, Australian court told
By Laurel Henning ( December 2, 2019, 03:22 GMT | Insight) -- The head of an Australian private clinic owned by Ramsay Health suggested in a conversation with an orthopedic surgeon that his work at the clinic would be hindered if he accepted any role in a competing facility in the town of Coffs Harbour, a Sydney court has heard in the first day of witness cross-examinations. Appearing before the Federal Court of Australia, Peter Summersell said that his 2015 conversation with the chief executive officer of Ramsay’s Baringa Private Hospital, Elizabeth Ruthnam, had made it clear that he wouldn’t be welcome to practice at the hospital if he had also accepted work at another facility.The head of an Australian private clinic owned by Ramsay Health suggested in a conversation with an orthopedic surgeon that his work at the clinic would be hindered if he accepted any role in a competing facility in the town of Coffs Harbour, a Sydney court has heard in the first day of witness cross-examinations....
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