Dr. Denes Borsos has been banned from practicing medicine for at least five years in Victoria. The decision followws findings that the Colac-based GP issued hundreds of COVID-19 exemptions without conducting clinical assessments.

The 189 exemptions issued in just three days

Dr. Denes Borsos, practicing at his Elliminyt clinic in Colac, issued 189 COVID-19 vaccination exemptions and 122 mask exemptions within a single three-day period. As the source reports , these exemptions were handed out without the doctor performing a single proper clinical assessment of the patients involved. this mass issuance occurred during the height of the pandemic, a time when medical professionals were under intense scrutiny for following public health protocols.

Inspectors who visited the Elliminyt clinic in October 2021 noted several regulatory failures, incllding:

  • Failure to display required medical signage
  • Lack of a formal COVIDSafe plan
  • Non-compliance with the government QR code check-in system

    • These breaches resulted in an $1,817 infringement notice for the doctor during the height of the health crisis.

    Medicare billing and the 196 mystery referrals

    The investigation into Dr. Borsos’s practice revealed significant discrepancies in how he managed patient care and billing. According to the report, the doctor referred 196 patients to a cardiologist whose name was never disclosed to the tribunal. Additionally, Dr. Borsos allegedly billed Medicare for 84 mental health consultations that did not meet the mandatory 20-minute minimum requirement.

    The tribunal's findings regarding Dr. Borsos's administrative conduct were equally damning. The panel noted that for more than 200 patients, the clinical records were either identiical, nearly identical, or excessively brief, with eight specific cases containing no documentation at all. This suggested a systemic failure to maintain the professional standards required of a General Practitioner.

    Ideological arguments involving Novak Djokovic and Shane Warne

    Rather than adhering to medical standards, Dr. Borsos used his platform to promote personal views, labeling the vaccine an "experimental bioweapon." He cited the exclusion of tennis star Novak Djokovic from Australia as a justification for his stance and made claims regarding the death of Shane Warne to support his arguments. These statements were presented to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal as evidence that the doctor had prioritized personal beliefs over professional medical obligations.

    When the legal proceedings reached their conclusion, Dr. Borsos refused to attend the hearing. In his written submissions, he compared the Medical Board of Australia to corporate propaganda and claimed his career had already been destroyed. the tribunal remained unmoved by these claims, finding that his conduct was a deliberate decision to depart from ethical standards.

    The identity of the unnamed cardiologist

    A major unanswered question remains regarding the 196 patients who were referred to a specialist by the Colac GP. While the tribunal found these referrals were made without any clinical justification , the identity of the receiving cardiologist has not been revealed. It is currently unknown if this medical professional was aware of the irregular nature of the referrals or if they were part of a larger network of non-compliant practices in regional Victoria.

    Furthermore, the source does not clarify the status of the 200 patients who received identical or near-identical medical records. it remains unclear if these individuals were aware that their medical documentation was potentially fraudulent or if they were simply recipients of a standardized, non-clinical template used by Dr. Borsos.