A Dublin based doctor has “categorically” denied that a patient told him of a lump which later turned out to be cancerous. Dr Derek Graham of Newcastle in west County Dublin is facing a range of allegations of professional misconduct…
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Mother says doctor accused her of abusing K Doc service
A mother has said she “felt dismissed” after a Co Kildare GP told her she was “an overprotective mum” who was “abusing” an out-of-hours doctor service. Dr Aoife Kavanagh (above) is facing several allegations of professional misconduct and/or poor professional…
Doctor faces more than 100 allegations
Dr John A Cotterill told a Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry that while he accepted ultra violet light represented a grade one carcinogen, a short course to relieve the skin symptoms of psoriasis was “neither here nor there”. Dr…
Tagged with: Medical Council, Misconduct, Professional performance
Posted in Adam Jacobus Smith (Dermatologist)
Posted in Adam Jacobus Smith (Dermatologist)
Doctor admitted falsifying blood test results
A doctor who “made up” blood test results and who allegedly said “I don’t care” when called to attend a patient during the night faced five allegations of professional misconduct and or poor professional performance at a Medical Council fitness-to-practise…
No scanner at hospital where Clare mother died
A CONSULTANT surgeon facing allegations of professional misconduct in the wake of the death of a 39-year-old patient has said he would have carried out a CT scan in advance of a serious operation on her if there had been…
Doctor said he could ‘feel’ no tumour
Dr Adam Jacobus Smith faces more than 120 allegations of professional misconduct or poor professional performance. He denies a number of allegations. All 12 patients involved were treated by Dr Smith, of the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford, between 2006 and…
Tagged with: Dermatology, Medical Council, Misconduct
Posted in Colin Buckley (dermatologist), Doctors
Posted in Colin Buckley (dermatologist), Doctors
Doctor found guilty of professional misconduct over cheating in exam
A CO Roscommon doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for cheating in membership exams for a professional body. The behaviour of Dr Irfan Ullah Khan (32), a senior house officer in Roscommon General Hospital, was described by the…
Psychiatrist told patient to ‘enjoy her bad dreams’
The HSE-commissioned inquiry found the doctor was insensitive and behaved inappropriately towards the young mother suffering from post-natal depression. The inquiry, chaired by Brendan Byrne, the retired director of nursing in Carlow/Kilkenny Mental Health Services, did not find the psychiatrist guilty…
Doctor guilty of professional misconduct
AN on-call doctor who had to be bleeped repeatedly for an hour-and-a-quarter before he attended to an emergency patient with chest pains has been found guilty of professional misconduct. He had also made inappropriate comments about a patient’s daughter as…
Doctor who sent ‘disgraceful’ texts and emails found guilty of misconduct
A DOCTOR accused of sending inappropriate texts and emails to female colleagues has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a Medical Council fitness-to-practise inquiry. Dr Onada Olajide Onada of Freshford Road, Kilkenny, was found guilty of three allegations of…
Surgeon accused of failing to furnish report
AN ORTHOPAEDIC surgeon allegedly failed to furnish a medical report about one of his patients, despite repeated requests to do so, a Medical Council fitness-to-practise committee was told yesterday. Andrew Macey, a consultant surgeon at Sligo General Hospital, who is…
Victim of Neary ‘close to justice’
A woman whose womb and ovaries were needlessly removed by disgraced obstetrician Michael Neary said yesterday her fight for justice was almost over. Marie Reaburn plunged into early menopause when the shamed consultant wrongly took out her reproductive organs as…
Consultant guilty of poor professional performance after woman (31) died
A DROGHEDA consultant who failed to take adequate steps to implement a treatment plan for a woman who later died, has been found guilty of poor professional performance at a Medical Council fitness-to-practise inquiry. Consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Etop…
Consultant accused of misconduct criticises admin level
A CONSULTANT accused of professional misconduct after a cancer patient had a crucial biopsy delayed for five months, has criticised the level of secretarial support given for public patients. However, Dr Etop Sampson Akpan denied Sharon McEneaney would have been…
Consultant ‘absolutely horrified’ biopsy not carried out
A CONSULTANT facing allegations of professional misconduct following the death of a young woman from abdominal cancer has said he was “absolutely horrified” when he realised a biopsy he had requested for her had not been carried out. (Times) >
Hospital doctor faces allegations of unreliability and harassment
James Keane, medical manpower manager at University Hospital Galway, said the hospital couldn’t rely on Dr Onada Olajide Onada to supply a safe service. (Times) >
Doctor on leave paid for second hospital post
A DOCTOR who was on paid leave pending an inquiry into an allegation against him at one Health Service Executive hospital was able to secure a job at another (a locum post at Ennis General Hospital through recruitment agency Global…
Sanctions for nurses over misconduct
A TOTAL of 14 nurses have been sanctioned by their regulatory body, An Bord Altranais, in recent months for professional misconduct and poor professional performance. (Examiner) >
Doctor guilty of botched care insists he did nothing wrong
Hungarian anaesthetist Dr Laszlo Ruscsak (45) — a former director of the privately owned Haven Cosmetic Surgery in Dublin — last night broke his silence over the controversy to claim he was innocent of any wrongdoing. He insisted he did not…
Medical Council ruling on misconduct overturned
An appeal against a finding of the Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise Committee that “Dr T” was guilty of professional misconduct was upheld by the High Court. The complaint was of an inappropriate internal examination in circumstances which did not warrant…
Doctor guilty of professional misconduct
Dr Laszlo Ruscsak, a consultant anaesthetist who worked at Haven Cosmetics in Stillorgan in Dublin, failed to provide a psychological review or counselling for Lucia Dowd in advance of arranging a gastric band operation for her in a hospital in…
GP faces six allegations of misconduct
Dr George Dimitrov Georgiev, from South Africa, is facing six allegations of professional misconduct and/or poor performance taken against him by the Medical Council. He was not present at the opening of his case yesterday. In his report, Prof Colin Bradley…
Doctor found guilty of misconduct over man’s cancer death
A fitness-to-practise committee of the Medical Council yesterday found Dr Peter Peng-Cheng Ting guilty of six of eight counts of professional misconduct in his treatment of William Cashell (37), a father of one, of Rush, Co Dublin. The committee will now…
Doctor’s notes had no record of mole removal
Dr Peter Peng-Cheng Ting, a GP in Artane, Dublin, accepts he did not arrange for a biopsy of the mole and failed to keep adequate patient records. Dr Ting, aged 51, who faces a number of charges of professional conduct,…
In-tray held key chart for three months, inquiry told
THE CHART of a woman who later died from cancer waited in the in-tray of a Drogheda-based consultant gynaecologist for three months, a fitness to practise inquiry at the Medical Council heard yesterday in which consultant gynaecologist Dr Etop Sampson…
Probe into alleged sexual assaults by former surgeon
AN inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of patients by former Drogheda surgeon Michael Shine will be conducted, Health Minister James Reilly has said. Mr Shine, who worked at Out Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda from 1964 until 1995,…
Doctor due to be sentenced asks for leave to change plea
A CASE in which a doctor is accused of secretly filming a female patient has been adjourned to allow his defence to find an expert to assess his mental health. Dr Deva Devendra (37), appeared before District Court judge David…
Doctor found guilty of altering notes
A DOCTOR who altered the notes of a patient after he attempted suicide in the Mater hospital, Dublin, has been found guilty of professional misconduct. A fitness-to-practise committee of the Medical Council has recommended Dr Samuel McManus (31), with an…
Doctor guilty of misconduct for phoning female patient
A DOCTOR who telephoned and text messaged a woman patient in an effort to set her up with his friend has been found guilty of professional misconduct. In a reserved ruling issued yesterday, a medical council fitness-to-practise committee found several…
Fitness-to-practise committee finds GP not guilty of sex claims
A NAAS GP who was alleged to have conducted an inappropriate internal examination on a 35-year-old woman patient for his own sexual gratification was cleared of professional misconduct yesterday. Dr Hashim Abdullah Mukhtar Eisa of Basin Street Medical Centre, Naas,…
