Surgeon struck off for failing breast patient

A PLASTIC surgeon is to be removed from the medical register after being found guilty of professional misconduct in relation to the care he gave a woman following breast augmentation surgery.

A Medical Council fitness-to-practise committee found Marco Loiacono, aged 35, guilty of misconduct on a number of charges in relation to his treatment of Kate Murray, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

Ms Murray, aged 25, developed a severe infection in both breasts and became seriously ill following an operation on March 15, 2008, at the Cosmedico Clinic in Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow.