Doctor guilty of professional misconduct

A former consultant who admitted allowing a patient into his private quarters in a hospital, and later kissing her, was yesterday found guilty of two charges of professional misconduct and two charges of poor professional performance.

A fitness to practise inquiry found Tipperary consultant anaesthetist Dr Hossam Desoky guilty of two counts of professional misconduct for allowing Teri Chamberlain to enter his on-call residence room at South Tipperary General Hospital, and for kissing her as they both left the room.

The inquiry also found Dr Desoky guilty of poor professional performance for calling Ms Chamberlain on her mobile phone and for failing to keep adequate records of a chest examination he carried out on Ms Chamberlain when he was on duty at the hospital on Jul 13, 2010.