‘Look at human side of doctor’

A radiologist yesterday pleaded with a fitness to practice inquiry to “look at the human side of the doctor”.

Dr Dawar Siddiqi, who worked as a locum consultant radiologist at Bantry General Hospital in West Cork between May and September 2013, also accused the manager who brought his case to the attention of the Medical Council of protecting patients at the expense of himself, the doctor.

The inquiry into Dr Siddiqi, who allegedly made serious errors in relation to a number of his CT scan reports while working at Bantry hospital, yesterday continued into its third day at the Medical Council’s headquarters in Dublin.