Melissa Davey and Carly Earl look back at long days uncovering the shocking extent of the doctor’s botched surgeries – ‘It was all snowballing’
“This was a new and significant development, and we felt it was important to get the full scale of Gayed’s harm out there as soon as possible.Davey typed out a story in the car while Earl drove back to Taree. “We filed the story and itEarl says the trip became a “race against time” to stitch the story together.
Davey says working on the Gayed stories deeply affected her but she takes comfort in knowing that the investigation also brought about significant change in rural obstetric care: “At no point was he stopped long-term by medical authorities, and until our investigation no one knew the full extent of his harm … But after we published the stories of Gayed’s victim’s, and they were so powerful, the authorities had to respond.
“Women weren’t taken seriously, nurses weren’t taken seriously … and especially in obstetrics there is a huge power structure, a huge culture of not questioning senior authority, hugely dominated by men.”
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