Former Bantry General Hospital radiologist guilty of poor professional performance

A radiologist who made serious errors in a number of his CT scan reports was last night found guilty of poor professional performance at a medical inquiry in Dublin. The matter of sanctions against him will be determined at a later date.

Dawar Siddiqi, who worked as a locum consultant radiologist at Bantry General Hospital between May and September 2013, faced the allegation of poor professional performance in the ongoing fitness to practice inquiry at the Medical Council in Dublin.

Specifically, it was alleged that Dr Siddiqi made serious errors in one or more of 20 cases identified by an expert. The cases included patients who were facing a number of serious issues, including a potential brain tumour, and the serious threat of cancer in the lymph nodes.