Rogue cosmetic surgeons face ban under laws

Rogue cosmetic surgeons and uninsured medical practitioners will be banned from practising under new legislation backed by Health Minister James Reilly.

Indemnity for practitioners, including plastic surgeons and doctors, will become obligatory under proposals put forward in the Seanad yesterday.

Fine Gael senator Colm Burke launched the Medical Practitioners Bill, saying it would protect patients and also ensure foreign doctors and surgeons coming to Ireland would have to be covered working here.