<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A doctor who told media he knew </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-triple-murderer-prepares-to-face-her-victims/74768c8b-70b9-4675-942b-fdcb7db11270" rel="" target="" title="mushroom murderer Erin Patterson"><span>mushroom murderer Erin Patterson</span></a><span> was "evil" when he spoke to her has been sanctioned by the medical regulator, which has ordered he undergo "professionalism" education.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dr Christopher Webster became something of a celebrity after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder, with the triple zero call in which he raised the alarm about the killer widely published in Australian and international media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Once she was found guilty of the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson, and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Webster appeared in multiple outlets, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/doctor-chris-webster-doctor-who-treated-erin-patterson-after-lunch-reveals-initial-suspicions/0702c661-f22c-4f6f-8fbd-e3de8c1ab1a1" rel="" target="" title='calling Patterson "evil" and claiming he quickly knew she was guilty of murder'><span>calling Patterson "evil" and claiming he quickly knew she was guilty of murder</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jimmy-kimmel-show-pulled-offair-indefinitely-after-charlie-kirk-remarks/2d96c5ce-aa33-4e98-9406-1e9b48a30e0f"><strong><span>Trump names his next target after Jimmy Kimmel pulled off air</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) placed a number of conditions on his registration as a doctor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under those conditions, Webster must undergo one-on-one training on five different topics, including professionalism and ethics, professional communication, and privacy and confidentiality.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He's also been told to be mentored about a range of factors including "appropriate use and disclosure of private and confidential information, managing and responding to requests for private and confidential information, and professionalism and ethics".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/christopher-webster-doctor-erin-patterson-case-sanctioned/6b60e2f6-7b4a-4883-8338-699b90496d95" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has six months to complete the one-on-one training, and a further six months to finish the mentoring program.</span><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No reprimands have been placed on Webster's registration, and it has not been suspended. The regulator did not specify that the conditions imposed were because of Dr Webster's role in the Patterson case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-triple-murderer-prepares-to-face-her-victims/74768c8b-70b9-4675-942b-fdcb7db11270"><strong><span>'Not deserving of the court's mercy': Life behind bars awaits Patterson</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Webster's triple zero call, in which he alerted police to Patterson, attracted widespread media coverage when it was released by the courts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I have a concern about a patient who presented here earlier, but has left the building and is potentially exposed to a fatal toxin from mushroom poisoning," Webster had told the call operator.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were five people who ate a meal on Saturday," he later added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Two of them are in intensive care at Dandenong Hospital. Two have been transferred to Dandenong Hospital. And Erin presented this morning with symptoms of poisoning...</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was managing the other critically unwell patients, so I had a brief chat with her about where the mushrooms were obtained.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"After that, while I was attending the other patients, the nurse informed me she had discharged herself against medical advice."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-2035-emissions-reduction-target-announcement-federal-government/9ea8ba8a-c8c3-4cf5-8323-caa0d38f8bd8"><strong><span>Aussies to get extra $36,000 under multitrillion-dollar 'golden opportunity'</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Webster gave a string of media interviews afterwards, recalling the day Patterson presented to Leongatha Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I bypassed all of the usual triage protocols and just brought her straight in and sat her down and just looked her straight in the eye directly and said 'the people at Dandenong suspect death cap mushroom poisoning, where did you get the mushrooms?'" Webster told </span><em><span>Today</span></em><span> in July.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's when she said 'Woolworths'. She was fairly impassive, wasn't loud or hysterical, wasn't crying. She just answered the question in a pretty matter-of-fact way.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"After that I was like OK, I don't want to talk to you anymore, I know what you've done...</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's evil. She wanted people out of her life and rather than using normal channels, she snuffed out their lives and attempted to snuff out another."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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