Libby Wilson16:51, Aug 04 2021
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Dr Carl Philip Knox was removed from a Ngāruawāhia pub after injuring two people in a 2018 fight.
A doctor who broke a man’s jaw in a Waikato bar fight will keep working – with supervision – because of the progress he’s made since a “dark period”. Dr Carl Philip Knox pleaded guilty to two charges from that incident, and to later charges for drink driving and driving while disqualified. The Hamilton GP is currently an urgent care locum for Tui Medical, and appeared before the Health Practitioner Disciplinary Tribunal on Wednesday. Substance abuse issues appeared to be behind the convictions, the tribunal heard, and had been on the Medical Council’s radar.