'I'm that little boy': Abuse survivor tells inquiry of fight for justice

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A witness tells a child abuse inquiry the Launceston General Hospital did not tell him the outcome of the investigation into his complaint, while a former chief executive apologises to the family of young girl who alleged she was raped by a doctor.

However, Mr Felton said he never received any updates from the hospital, and no counselling nor other help."I just said to him, 'I'm the little boy that wouldn't remember' and, in that moment, I had his full attention," Mr Felton told the inquiry.

Then she read to him the findings of a 2021 Department of Health investigation report into his alleged abuse. Craig Duncan told the nurse on duty, who immediately reported it to other staff members, and a meeting was held. "He told me, 'One's been deregistered and one's under a cloud. The name that you mentioned isn't the name I thought you were going to give me … he's my protege'."

He said that, in a second meeting, Dr Renshaw explained away aspects of Zoe's allegations as the doctor looking for ulcers or trying to locate her heart. "I should have insisted that action be taken. I feel responsibility as her dad. I let her down badly.

 

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I've met many many men who were abused within the public system. But I worked in a prison for a few years. Many end up there.

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