Court suspends doctor from practising after submission of false 'glowing reference'

Dr Syed Waqas Ali Bukhari was practising at Cavan General Hospital. Picture: Kevin Clancy/ViewPoint

The High Court president has suspended a doctor from practising medicine in Ireland, pending a disciplinary hearing, after hearing claims he provided a false “glowing” reference to the court.

Mr Justice David Barniville last July declined to suspend Dr Syed Waqas Ali Bukhari from the medical register, instead accepting undertakings by the finest margin that the surgical registrar would notify any prospective employer of the existence of the disciplinary complaint against him.