GP who diagnosed sexually transmitted Lyme disease admits he became ‘fixated’
The doctor prescribed a woman antibiotics in the belief it would prevent transmission to her unborn fetus
A GP who treated a pregnant woman he believed had sexually transmitted Lyme disease has been suspended after admitting that his treatments were risky and expensive and that he had become “fixated” on the tick-borne illness.
Dr Peter Dobie was a well-known advocate for treating Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis), telling the ABC during an interview in 2016 that he felt a “moral obligation” to do so despite realising he risked disciplinary action.
