Medical Negligence in Australia

I ask you all to sign this petition to make medical professionals guilty of medical negligence to be made criminally responsible for acts of negligence performed in public hospitals in Australia.

The Australian Govt has conveniently prevented Doctors etc from being held criminally responsible for negligent acts in their course of duty, in order to prevent lawsuits left and right in this country. In my opinion this is unfair, in other words, a doctor can in effect maim, permanently injure or cause death because of negligent omissions or acts and they are not being made accountable or criminally charged for involuntary manslaughter.

To really put this into perspective for instance, with the current OH&S laws, if a site manager on a building site does not ensure safety practices or equipment are available onsite, and someone falls off ie: scaffolding and dies, they may be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

How is it that medical professionals are allowed to commit negligent acts and are protected by the slack laws in place in Australia today?

You have the power to change this, SIGN THIS PETITION

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/38895.html