Doctor in Cork who asked teenage patient out for coffee bids to halt second HSE probe

Earlier this year, the doctor successfully overturned the HSE's decision in 2020 to dismiss him

In his action against the HSE, the doctor also seeks an order requiring the HSE to allow him to return to work and damages.

A doctor has asked the High Court for an injunction preventing the HSE from re-commencing an internal probe into a complaint that he telephoned and asked a 16-year-old female patient "out for coffee".

The action has been taken by Dr Ali Gul, who is a non-consultant doctor based in Cork, who has worked in the South-South/West Hospital Group branch of the HSE.