Doctor ‘tried to read x-ray upside down’

A doctor allegedly attempted to read an x-ray while holding it upside down and tried to cut open a patient’s hand with a scalpel in order to insert a tube.

Dr Vincent Osunkwo is also accused of telling a colleague that scans performed on a patient’s kidneys were “fine,” when they showed multiple, abnormal masses.

But an inquiry into Dr Osunkwo’s treatment of patients at the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise was adjourned yesterday due to his failure to attend.