Richard Gorringe

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Dr. Richard Warwick Gorringe, MB, ChB, of Hamilton, New Zealand, was found guilty of Professional Misconduct and Disgraceful Conduct in 2003,[1] by the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand in Wellington, which drew upon expert witnesses to consider the application of complementary and alternative medicine.[2] The council ruled as to the lack of any scientific or other objectively determined merit or efficacy for Peak Muscle Resistance Testing (PMRT) -- also referred to as Bi-Digital O-Ring Testing (BDORT)[3] -- or other equivalent forms of Applied Kinesiology.

Gorringe was stripped of his license to practice medicine and fined NZ$104,096 in the ruling.

Gorringe was subsequently found guilty of malpractice in the death of an earlier patient in a 2004 ruling of the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in Auckland, which concluded that Gorringe's reliance on BDORT to the exclusion of conventional diagnoses led to the patient's death.[4][3]

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