Doctor guilty of misconduct allowed to practise medicine

A CONSULTANT obstetrician at Sligo General Hospital who was found guilty of professional misconduct over his treatment of three female patients at the hospital over a two-year period is fit to practice and may return to work, the High Court has decided.

The Medical Council had urged the court to attach conditions, including ongoing medical supervision, to any return to work by Dr Victor Moore but Mr Justice Michael Hanna said that, while he believed this was a “most appropriate” case to issue recommendations, he has no power to do so under the Medical Practitioners Act.

There might be a good reason for not empowering a court to make such recommendations, he added.