Medical Council to discuss High Court ruling

A SPECIAL meeting of the Medical Council will take place on January 16to discuss the implications of a High Court ruling that overturned its findings of professional misconduct against two obstetricians.

The ruling by Mr Justice Peter Kelly was critical of the manner in which the Medical Council and its fitness to practise committee (FPC) made a finding of professional misconduct against Dr John F Murphy and Professor Walter Prendeville.

Both doctors were involved in producing a report that allowed Dr Michael Neary, an obstetrician at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, to continue working after concerns had been raised about his surgical practice.