Stem cell doctor struck off register

THE doctor who was flying into a Co Cork clinic to provide an unproven three-hour €19,000 stem cell treatment involving animal parts to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients has been struck off the British Medical Register.

Dutch-trained 56-year-old Dr Robert Trossel was told by the General Medicine Committee (GMC) that “the panel cannot rely upon you to make the welfare of your patients your first concern or be confident that the safety of patients you treat would be ensured”.

Dr Trossel’s main clinic was in Rotterdam in Holland but he was also offering unproven stem cell treatment in London and here at Dr John Dunphy’s practice at Carrigaline, Co Cork.