Doctor ‘refused to take advice’

An expert witness yesterday painted a picture of an arrogant junior doctor who refused to take advice from his superiors, arguing that the doctor represented a danger to patients.

Doctor ‘refused to take advice’

Dr Paul Henry, from the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, also told a Medical Council inquiry yesterday that the behaviour displayed by junior registrar Dr Saqib Ahmed was ā€œinappropriateā€.

Dr Ahmed, who was working as a junior registrar in oncology at University Hospital Limerick in 2012, is facing eight allegations of professional misconduct and/or poor professional performance. Dr Ahmed was representing himself from the US via Skype.

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