Allegations of Sexual Abuse in NZ
	Dr Hiran Fernando (N.P. Doctor) - Index Index 4. Trial: Verdict
	Radio New Zealand October 13 2006; 12:02 Medical Council says it took sufficient steps The Medical Council says it took sufficient steps to protect the public from a New Plymouth doctor, convicted of sex offences against 10 women yesterday. Dr Hiran Fernando was convicted on 26 counts of sexually assaulting women between 1981 and 2002, and was ordered by the council to stop practicing immediately. Lorraine Jans, a sexual abuse counsellor in New Plymouth says given the council received other complaints about Fernando in the 1980s, it should have immediately suspended him when criminal charges were brought against him early last year. But the council says the earlier complaints did not result in a finding against Fernando