A Hawke's Bay doctor facing charges of indecently assaulting patients has abandoned a name suppression bid and can be identified as David Lim.
Dr Lim was a GP at a Hastings clinic until police charged him last year.
He faces 13 charges of indecent assault on a male aged over 16 and of disabling and stupefying, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
Police allege there were four male victims.
He has surrendered his passport and is due to appear in court again next month.
A court has been told that a Hawke's Bay GP charged with stupefying and indecently assaulting patients is being monitored and should be able to continue seeing patients.
Name suppression for a doctor charged with stupefying and indecently assaulting patients has been lifted, but will not be known for at least two weeks.
A doctor who worked in Hawke's Bay and faces five charges of stupefying and eight charges of indecently assaulting patients has been granted continued name suppression. The man appeared in...
A doctor, who worked in Hawke's Bay, is still able to practise though he faces five charges of stupefying and eight charges of indecently assaulting patients. Audio
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