‘How can doctor with sub-standard medical knowledge get work?’

The president of the High Court has expressed concern at how a doctor with “such sub-standard medical knowledge” — including mistaking an ankle for an elbow in an X-ray — could have been employed in three different hospitals.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly made the remark when he yesterday rejected an appeal by Omar Hassan Khalafalla Mohamed, 30, against his striking off the medical register for professional misconduct and poor professional performance.

The judge said he could not understand how Dr Hassan got on the medical register in the first place, apart from the fact that he obtained appointments in three different hospitals.