The doctor who alerted police to Erin Patterson, providing important testimony in court, now fears he may lose his job.

Dr Chris Webster, a key medical witness in the 11-week trial, testified that he first encountered Patterson at Leongatha Hospital on the morning of July 31, 2023, just two days after she served a beef Wellington meal laced with deadly death cap mushrooms to four family members.

Dr Webster called triple zero after Patterson abruptly discharged herself within five minutes of arriving at the hospital, despite medical advice to stay and receive treatment.

At the time, Patterson’s former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, were in critical condition at Dandenong Hospital. Ian and Heather Wilkinson were receiving treatment at Leongatha Hospital after also consuming the meal.

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