Doctor must alert if returning here

A Romanian surgeon who had difficulty ordering tests for sick children and who it was alleged did not know how to scrub up properly for theatre has been ordered to notify the Medical Council if he ever returns to Ireland.

Dr Mihai Anton was found guilty on 10 counts of poor professional performance at a fitness-to-practise inquiry in October 2014 but did not turn up for his hearing and told the inquiry that he “had nothing to declare about my activities in Ireland” and would never return to the country.

In a decision confirmed by the High Court and published yesterday, the Medical Council has attached 11 separate conditions to Dr Anton’s registration, which will prevent him from working unsupervised for a period of two years, if he succeeds in gaining employment here again.