Neary inquiry - Publication will bring some closure

THE Medical Council’s decision to put on its website transcripts of the investigation into three disgraced doctors who had exhonorated the appalling practice of Drogheda obstetrician Dr Michael Neary deserves to be applauded.

Whether the obstetricians will be struck off the medical register was unclear following yesterday’s meeting to decide their fate. They had been found guilty of professional misconduct by the council’s fitness to practise committee.

The call for publication had come from Patient Focus, the lobby group representing victims of the horrifying behaviour of the maverick surgeon who now await the council’s verdict.