Doctor alleged to have sent 'inappropriate text messages' to female patient

The clinician obtained the woman’s phone number from her file after she attended the emergency department.

A doctor at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) sent inappropriate text messages to a female patient he was treating last year, it has been alleged.

The clinician obtained the woman’s phone number from her file after she attended the emergency department in April 2022, and this was subsequently reported as a data protection breach by the hospital.