Doctor accused of failing to detect a heart attack in patient

A DOCTOR has been accused of failing to diagnose a heart attack in a man who came to him with chest pains when he was on duty at an out-of-hours GP service in the south.

Dr Eugene Erazamus, a South African physician, was the doctor on call at SouthDoc in Cork over the May Bank holiday last year when British tourist James Taylor attended its Skibbereen centre.

Dr Erazamus has been brought before the Irish Medical Council’s (IMC) Fitness to Practice committee to answer allegations of poor professional performance, including one of failing to adequately examine Mr Taylor.