Expert 'surprised' at skill level of doctor fired by Limerick Hospital

Professor Michael O’Connell, who was called as an expert witness by the IMC, said Dr Megwa did not appear to be “on top of” the case of the pregnant woman with vaginal bleeding.

University Maternity Hospital Limerick.

One of the country’s top obstetricians and gynaecologists has expressed surprise at the consistent lack of basic medical knowledge shown by a junior doctor employed at University Maternity Hospital Limerick three years ago.

Professor Michael O’Connell, the master of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, said Dr Francis Megwa demonstrated skills which he would associate with “a very average to poor medical student”.