Former Bantry General Hospital radiologist defends his fitness to practice

A former radiologist at Bantry General Hospital yesterday defended himself under cross-examination at a medical inquiry.

Dawar Siddiqi, who worked as a locum consultant radiologist at Bantry between May and September 2013, yesterday defended his reports on a number of CT scans that have been called into question by expert witness Peter Ellis, a consultant radiologist based in Belfast.

These cases include patients who were facing a number of serious issues, including a potential brain tumour, and the serious threat of cancer in the lymph nodes.