A doctor who waited more than three hours to call an ambulance for his dying wife has claimed he could not have contacted emergency services while resuscitating her.
Respiratory and sleep physician Peter Spencer is appealing the Medical Board of Australia’s suspension of his medical registration after a coroner recommended him for negligent homicide charges over his wife’s death.
He represented himself at a virtual Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing today, where he appeared visibly irritated and had to be muted due to his constant interruptions.
Mayumi Spencer, 29, died in their Melbourne apartment from cocaine toxicity after a night out with her husband in January 2015, a coroner found.
Robert tried to resuscitate her about 4am after she started vomiting and had a fit, and then attempted to perform a cricothyroidotomy using a kitchen knife and pen.
A cricothyroidotomy involves making an incision to unblock a person’s airways, but the procedure was unsuccessful.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/11/australian-doctor-fights-suspension-over-wifes-cocaine-death/
