Expert witness 'simply couldn’t understand' doctor's case notes, inquiry told

The expert witness considered Dr Theodora Christova to have been guilty of poor professional performance. File picture: Pexels

An expert witness at an inquiry into a doctor who failed to refer a woman with lumps in her breasts for an urgent consultation has said that he "simply couldn’t understand" the doctor’s case notes.

Tom Fahey, a professor of general practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, stated repeatedly he considered Dr Theodora Christova to have been guilty of poor professional performance with regard to the allegations she faced, which concerned five patients she had seen during her brief time working at the Shannon Medical Centre in Co Clare in October 2019.