Doctor tells trainees ‘comply’ with sex demand

An Irish-trained doctor based in Australia has claimed she tells her female trainees they should comply with the sexual demands of their superiors for the sake of their careers.

Speaking at a book launch, Gabrielle McMullin, a Sydney-based vascular surgeon, told Australia’s ABC News she has seen doctors’ careers “ruined” because they turned down the advances of supervisors.

She spoke of one doctor, whom she named ‘Caroline’, who had excelled at school, had always wanted to be a neurosurgeon, and was “the daughter that you’d wish to have”.