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Free Rep lunch won't corrupt Drs

 Posted 28 November 2025 PM

One doctor's fury at suggestions that accepting a sandwich or a pen from a pharma rep while taking part in medical education was somehow corrupt, was our top story this week.

Melbourne obstetrician, Associate Professor Vinay Rane, penned a scathing opinion piece in Medical Observer in which he said suggestions that he or his colleagues could be bought by a $7 sandwich were not only absurd but "utterly insulting". He didn't stop there. See what else he had to say in: Doctor calls out $7 Rep sandwich

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