Locum GP cleared of 'sexually motivated' massage of female patient in SouthDoc

However, Dr Syed Rafaqat Ali Shah was found guilty of making inappropriate contact with the same woman by phone and text

The fitness-to-practise committee chairman said the contact by the GP was “wholly inappropriate and unwarranted” and noted Dr Shah had previously received advice that as a locum he should not have or use the phone numbers of patients. File picture: Pexels

A locum GP has been cleared of a charge of professional misconduct for giving an alleged “sexually motivated” massage to a female patient who attended his late-night surgery in Cork over four years ago.

However, Dr Syed Rafaqat Ali Shah was found guilty on two other counts of professional misconduct over inappropriate contact with the same woman by phone and text over the following weeks.