In the Media
Far from complete, this list gives you some idea of the reach of MEAG's message through major media around Australia as well as overseas.
ABC TV "FOUR CORNERS"
- E.R. Emergency Roulette, Oct 1995
- Hospital Emergency, Sept 1996
- Dead And Buried, July 1998
- Adverse Outcomes, Feb 2001
- Killed By Care, July 2006
ABC TV "HEALTH DIMENSIONS"
Doctor-Patient Communication, Oct 2001
ABC TV "COMPASS"
A Blaming And Claiming Society, Nov 2001
ABC TV "THE 7.30 REPORT"
The Danger In Australian Hospitals, March 2002; April, June, Aug 2004
ABC TV "LATELINE"
The Medical Indemnity 'Crisis' - A Commonsense Plan To Get Out Of The Whole Mess, April 2002
ABC TV "STATELINE"
- Hospital Deaths Inquiry Inadequate, Nov 2003
- Dead And Buried, Aug 2007
- The week in Bega, Mar 2008
ABC RADIO "THE LAW REPORT"
Coroners' Death-Defying Decisions, Oct 2000
ABC RADIO "AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK"
- Medical Indemnity, Dec 2000
- Hospital Safety, Aug 2001
CHANNEL 9 "SUNDAY"
- Death By Bad Medicine, July 1999
- Some Doctors Make You Sick, May 2000
- Medical Secrecy, Oct 2001
- A Hospital's Secret, Apr 2002
- Tainted Blood, Nov 2002
- Junkie Doctor, Nov 2003
- Hospitals In Crisis, Feb 2004
- Who Watches The Doctors?, Feb 2008
- The Butcher of Bega: Australia's worst medical disaster? Mar 2008
- Questions surround the Butcher of Bega over deaths, May 2008
CHANNEL 9 "A CURRENT AFFAIR"
- Accidental Deaths ...Fatal Flaws In Our Hospitals, May, Nov 2000; July 2004; June 2005; Mar 2006
- Nambour Hospital Baby Deaths, Aug, Sept 2001
- Queensland Health Rights Commission, Sept 2001
- Drug-Addicted Doctors, Apr, June 2006; July 2007
CHANNEL 9 "60 MINUTES"
- Condition Critical, Nov 2003
- Outbreak, June 2005
CHANNEL 7 "REAL LIFE"
Medical Fiascos Out West, Jan 1998
CHANNEL 7 "TODAY TONIGHT"
Hospital Disasters, Jan 1998; Apr 2000;
Feb, Apr, Oct 2002;
June, Aug, Dec 2003;
April, May, June, July, Nov, Dec 2004;
Nov, Dec 2005;
Jan, Feb, Mar, April, Aug 2006
GERMANY TV "TAFF PRO7"
Medical Negligence Downunder, Nov 2002
SBS TV "INSIGHT"
- Condition Critical, May 2004
- Doctor Accountability, Apr 2008
- State of Emergency, Sept 2009
THE AGE, MELBOURNE, INSIGHT: INVESTIGATIONS
- Fatal Care: Errors Exposed, Nov Dec 1999; May 2000; Feb 2002
- How Our Public Hospitals Hide Their Blunders, Nov 1999
- After Death Comes The Struggle For The Truth, Nov 1999
- When Death Brings Down the Curtain, Nov 1999
- These Are The Figures The Hospitals Didn't Want You To See, Nov, Dec 1999; Feb 2002
- The Flaws of Death, Dec 1999
- A Patient Looks for Truth and the Onus of Care, Dec 1999
- It's A War on Germs, Feb 2000
- Duty of Care Falls Short, Feb 2000
- Super Bug Infects 33 Babies, Feb 2000
THE BULLETIN
- Broken Trust, 17 Aug 2004
- Emergency Call Bad Medicine, 5 Sep 2006
- Emergency Call Response, 12 Sep 2006
WHO
Bitter Pills, 22 Nov 2004
Bad Medicine, 14 Jul 2008
READER'S DIGEST
Losing Jaxson, July 2005
MADISON
Heroin, Coke & Dope: The Shocking Reality of Doctors on Drugs, Oct 2006
Bad Medicine, June 2010
NEW IDEA
He Destroyed My Life, 29 Mar 2008
GRAZIA
Fight For Her Life, 28 Jul 2008
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
- HUNDREDS BETRAYED BY DOCTOR - NSW SPECIALIST WHO BUTCHERED WOMEN, 24 Feb 2008
- Butcher of Bega's tortured victims, 24 Feb 2008
- Disgraced doctor was allowed to mutilate and sexually abuse patients before being struck off, 24 Feb 2008
- History of Dishonour, 24 Feb 2008
- Editorial: Dr Reeves' story must be handed immediately to the Director of Public Prosecutions, 24 Feb 2008
- Butcher of Bega: Government finally acts, 2 Mar 2008
- Doctors forced to dob in colleagues, 2 Mar 2008
- How this terrible case unfolded, 2 Mar 2008
- His record went back to 1994, 2 Mar 2008
- Ray Hadley: This story shook me to my core, 2 Mar 2008
- The Butcher of Bega. How could this happen? 2 Mar 2008
- Nobody spotted the monster in the room, 2 Mar 2008
- Media far too slow to act on horror story, 2 Mar 2008
- Warning: Graphic content, 2 Mar 2008
- Editorial: Time to erase this dirty little secret, 2 Mar 2008
- A wall of silence, 9 Mar 2008
- Butcher of Bega and his supporters go into hiding, 9 Mar 2008
- The doctors who knew Reeves, 9 Mar 2008
- Doctor wanted to work again, 9 Mar 2008
- An 'abhorrent' cover-up, 16 Mar 2008
- Staff complained over Butcher of Bega: whistle blower, 16 Mar 2008
- BUTCHER LINKED TO 15 DEATHS, 4 May 2008
- Police increase numbers in task force, 4 May 2008
- Prestigious doctor linked to deaths, 4 May 2008
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
- Revealed: the Butcher of Bega, 23 Feb 2008
- Police move against the Butcher of Bega, 26 Feb 2008
- Doctor investigated over sex abuse, mutilation claims, 26 Feb 2008
- Sex police pursue doctor, 27 Feb 2008
- Butcher of Bega: 800 women complain, 27 Feb 2008
- Sickening silence in medical fraternity, 27 Feb 2008
- Doctors backed Butcher of Bega, 28 Feb 2008
- Victims of the Butcher - Women break a long silence, 29 Feb 2008
- In the monster's den: Tales of fear and medical mutilation, 29 Feb 2008
- A conspiracy of protection, 29 Feb 2008
- Code of silence, 1 Mar 2008
- The betrayal of a woman's trust in the most shocking way, 1 Mar 2008
- Abandoned to cry alone in pain, 1 Mar 2008
- Damning disgrace - Rogue doctor was let go despite complaints, 3 Mar 2008
- Butcher of Bega's death toll growing, 5 Mar 2008
- Chopper Reeves - Doctor's dossier of shame and sickening nickname, 6 Mar 2008
- Life was ruined by dodgy op, 6 Mar 2008
- Baby died in horror delivery, 6 Mar 2008
- Complacency over doctor a sick joke, 6 Mar 2008
- Iemma agrees to Butcher of Bega scandal inquiry, 7 Mar 2008
- Reeves apology by AMA, 12 Mar 2008
- Butcher's victims big battle, 13 Mar 2008
- Butcher of Bega to set payout record, 24 Mar 2008
- Facing off a Butcher - whistle blower warned, 28 Mar 2008
- Butcher of Bega: Please explain, 4 Apr 2008
- Butcher employer moves on, 30 Apr 2008
- Police waiting on 'all evidence', 10 May 2008
- MP gave Butcher of Bega seal of approval, 16 May 2008
- Butcher outrage - Doctor review kept from public, victims, 26 May 2008
- Bega Butcher a 20-year secret, 29 May 2008
- Cold comfort for his victims, 30 May 2008
- Bega Butcher warnings ignored, 31 May 2008
- Health system cannot hide, 31 May 2008
- Butcher of Bega may face charges, 31 July 2008
- Doctor claims sent to prosecutors, 31 July 20008
- DPP to consider charges against doctor, July 2008
- Butcher of Bega says sorry,31 July 2008
- Butcher of Bega sorry - Apology too late as rogue doctor's case sent to DPP, 1 Aug 2008
- Alleged sex doctor arrested, 9 Sept 2008
- Ex-doctor arrested over patient abuse, Sept 2008
- Mutilation probe doc arrested, Sept 2008
- 'Mutilation' doctor arrested, Sept 2008
- Graeme Reeves will stay behind bars, 10 Sept 2008
- 'Mutilation' doctor Reeves denied bail, 10 Sept 2008
- Bega women have tears of relief and anger, 10 Sept 2008
- Human cost of our health system, 10 Sept 2008
- As the alleged Butcher faces 17 charges ... JUSTICE FOR BEGA WOMEN, 11 Sept 2008
- Justice at last for Bega women, 10 Sept 2008
- A system that dismisses humanity, 10 Sept 2008
- Ex-doctor Graeme Reeves denied bail, Sept 2008
- Reeves' alleged victims may sue, 11 Sept 2008
- Victim's final act of bravery, 13 Sept 2008
- Charges against Dr Graeme Reeves will come as a relief to many of his alleged victims, Sept 2008
- Ten women come forward about doctor, 6 Oct 2008
- Reeves bailed on sex assault charges, 9 Oct 2008
- Court lets 'Butcher' go home, 9 Oct 2008
- Doctors dob in colleagues, 13 Dec 2008
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
- Commission to investigate complaints against struck-off medico, 27 Feb 2008
- No checks done on banned doctor, 28 Feb 2008
- Tales of butchery at hands of illegal doctor, 29 Feb 2008
- Woman's death highlighted system's inadequacies, 1 Mar 2008
- Mother's futile fight to make doctor pay, 4 Mar 10
- Doctor's poor diagnosis killed woman, experts fear, 5 Mar 2008
- HCCC defends non-action on 'mutilation', 6 Mar 2008
- Patient battle to prove malice, 10 Mar 2008
- Hospital warned board of butcher, 10 Mar 2008
- Bega patients reassured of compensation, 12 Mar 2008
- Horror stories of rogue doctor mount up, 13 Mar 2008
- Payouts for surgical horrors revealed, 15 Mar 2008
- Midwife upset over forceps deliveries, 27 Mar 2008
- Police investigating fresh Reeves claims, 4 May 2008
- Butcher of Bega's file was marked, 15 May 2008
- Meagher error on Bega doctor check, 16 May 2008
- 'Bega butcher' hirer suspended.
Note warned doctor was unfit - Sun Herald, 25 May 2008 - Report defies Meagher stance, 30 May 2008
- Rogue surgeon referred to DPP, 31 Jul 2008
- Doctor 'dishonesty' led to appointment, 31 July 2008
- I'm sorry, says the Butcher of Bega, 1 Aug 2008
- My help desperately needed: Reeves, 2 Aug 2008
- Disgraced doctor was free to work, 7 Aug 2008
- 'Butcher of Bega' arrested over genital mutilation, 10 Sept 2008
- Ex-doctor charged with 17 abuse offences, 10 Sept 2008
- Butcher of Bega denied bail on sex charges, 11 Sept 2008
- Claims of hospital cover-up after fall from surgery table, 21 Dec 2008
- Politicians fiddling at the edges of health system, 23 Jul 2009
- Bega doctor faces 52 more assault and fraud charges, 16 Dec 2009
- Some Reeves patients 'miss out on compo', 27 Apr 2010
- Former doctor's private patients miss out on compo: report NSW, 28 Apr 2010
- Shamed but not named: bad medics use law to hide their identities, 16 Aug 2010
THE AUSTRALIAN
- Doctor 'injured scores of women', 25 Feb 2008
- Women urged to act on 'butcher of Bega', 28 Feb 2008
- Doctor register to prevent new 'butcher' cases, 3 Mar 2008
- Equality hung out to dry with the balls in Kev's court, 5 March 2008
- Medical board faces 'butcher' suit, 5 Mar 2008
- Minister 'reneged on Bega promise', 13 Mar 2008
- AMA 'throws wobbly' on doctor register, 26 March 2008
- The pace maker Bega doctor Graeme Reeves, 27 June 2008
- Charges urged for 'Butcher of Bega', 31 July 2008
- Medical code tracks rogue doctors, 27 Aug 2008
- Former Bega doctor on 17 charges, 10 Sept 2008
- 'Mutilation' doctor charged, Sept 2008
- Multiple charges for Bega doctor, 10 Sept 2008
- Doctor denied bail over Bega charges, 9 Sept 2008
- Former Bega doctor arrested, 9 Sept 2008
- Former Bega doctor to seek bail, 10 Sept 2008
- Bail for doctor accused of mutilation, 9 Oct 2008
- Bail eased for Bega sex-charge doctor, 5 Nov 2008
- Bega saga highlights obligations, 30 Nov 2008
- More time given for Bega doctor case, 18 Dec 2008
- AMA forces rewrite of conduct code, 30 Dec 2008
BEGA DISTRICT NEWS
- Doctor case airs on TV, 19 Feb 2008
- How many others? 22 Feb 2008
- Call for action on disgraced doctor, 22 Feb 2008
- Call him to account, 26 Feb 2008
- Victims' complaints dismissed by health watchdog, 26 Feb 2008
- Government accused of covering up Reeves case, 26 Feb 2008
- Local GPs hit back, 14 Mar 2008
AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR
- Collateral damage, 28 Mar 2008
- Allegations against deregistered obstetrician Graeme Reeves have shocked GPs in the small community of Bega, 28 Mar 2008
- Court's damning verdict on Reeves' surgery, 28 Mar 2008
- VMO work built on lies, 28 Mar 2008
- The lay media have described them as an independent health watchdog, but who are the Medical Error Action Group? 28 Mar 2008
- The long way round - Founder of Medical Error Action Group, Lorraine Long, has no beef with doctors, 4 Apr 2008
- Acting against error, 4 Apr 2008
- The case of disgraced obstetrician Graeme Reeves has brought a patient lobby group into the media spotlight, 4 Apr 2008
- A decade of campaigning against medical error, 4 Apr 2008
MEDICAL OBSERVER
- Ending the silence, 11 Mar 2008
- NSW Medical Board may face lawsuit, 13 Mar 2008
- Law to force docs to dob in peers, 14 Mar 2008
- Audit of conditional practice ordered, 14 Mar 2008
- Medical standards scrutiny, 20 Mar 2008
- Dr Shame: Who's to blame, 28 Mar 2008
- Push for misconduct hearings to go public, 28 Mar 2008
- Compulsory whistleblowing closer, 16 May 2008
- Civil liberties fears fail to halt reporting bill, 30 May 2008
- Whistleblower law passed, 13 Jun 2008
- Doctors could face greater scrutiny, 20 Jun 2008
- Background check will tighten reporting laws, 4 Jul 2008
- Doctor hearings go public and lose peer review, 8 Aug 2008
- Doctor may face criminal court, 15 Aug 2008
- Dobbing dilemma, 26 Sep 2008
- Government leaves door open for 'another Dr Reeves', 14 Nov 2008