The tribunal panel heard that Ms Okembunachi had been rostered for night shifts from 13 to 27 March 2024. Twenty minutes after she received the email, Ms Okembunachi tendered her resignation and declined to attend the meeting. During her second degree, Ms Okembunachi had to take a leave of absence after failing the mid-year anatomy exam. Early that year, the tribunal heard that her younger sister required an expensive surgery for a scoliosis condition, which cost their father about $60,000. But the panel did note that Ms Okembunachi had been 'clearly remorseful and contrite... and conspicuously honest in her evidence'.

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2026 08:52 UTC