Updated February 23, 2017 15:53:59

A Perth doctor with 25 years' experience has been found guilty of professional misconduct for prescribing large amounts of steroids and other drugs to patients for weight loss and bodybuilding.

Amish Dwarka Singh was found by the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) to have "acted carelessly, incompetently and improperly" for prescribing the drugs for "no proper therapeutic reason" between 2008 and 2014.

Singh also ordered iron and fresh frozen plasma infusions for patients when they were not necessary for any treatment.

He also was found to have "engaged in a general practice of prescribing Human Growth Hormone".

The SAT found that in some cases, there were adverse effects from the drugs one male patient who was prescribed steroids over two years required surgery to remove enlarged breast tissue.

In the case of another patient, Singh prescribed steroids after diagnosing them with "body dysmorphia with an overlap of binge eating disorder", but the tribunal found that "was simply a cover" to prescribe drugs for bodybuilding.

He also was found to have acted unprofessionally towards another doctor, who treated one of his supposed bodybuilding patients in hospital after they had suffered a seizure, believed to be related to drug withdrawal.

Singh was found to have kept "inadequate" medical records, but he told the hearing he did not take notes on some of his patients because they were high-profile people and they did not want him to.

Singh denied the allegations against him, but the SAT found much of his evidence to be "deliberately untrue".

"The ultimate findings of this tribunal reflect a tragic fall from grace of a very well educated and experienced physician," it said.

Singh's penalty is yet to be determined.

Topics: courts-and-trials, doctors-and-medical-professionals, perth-6000, wa

First posted February 23, 2017 15:16:57

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