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A QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, PARAMEDIC STILL HAS his job and nobody knows why. The Courier-Mail is reporting today:
The 40-year-old paramedic was working near Rockhampton where he stole methoxyflurane – a non-opioid alternative to morphine often used for acute trauma – from the Queensland Ambulance Service in November 2010.
QAS suspended him a month later and court documents show he was convicted in Brisbane Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to "stealing as a servant" in April last year, receiving a $500 fine and five days' imprisonment.
Documents obtained by The Courier-Mail under Right to Information laws show he received a subsequent "formal reprimand" and demotion last June.
This recent disclosure has political groups, labor organizations and government officials in conniptions over why this convicted drug thief was allowed to keep his job. The Queensland Ambulance Service is keeping mum about it though (so far).
The Courier-Mail has today's breaking story on this travesty HERE.
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