Cavan obstetrician cleared by medical council in six out of seven allegations

A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Cavan General Hospital has been cleared of poor professional performance in relation to six of seven allegations.

The guilty verdict in one case related to the fact that Dr Salah Aziz Ahmed failed to decide that the immediate delivery of a baby – the son of a woman referred to as Patient C – by emergency caesarian section was required.