Doctor tried to force tube into patient’s arm, inquiry told

A doctor’s insistence on attempting to insert a tube into a patient’s arm amounted to assault, an orthopaedic surgeon claimed yesterday at a disciplinary inquiry.

The proceedings into the actions of Omar Hassan Khalafalla Mohamed also heard of an instance in which he allegedly mistook an X-ray image of an ankle for that of an elbow.

A former colleague of Dr Hassan’s from the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise told the ongoing inquiry at the Medical Council that he does not recall any negative incidents with Dr Hassan.