Overseas Doctors: Retaining Irish Practice Licenses
- * Global Misconduct data: The Irish times has compiled the first global database of doctor misconduct, revealing a significant issue wiht details sharing between medical authorities.
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* Global Misconduct data: The Irish times has compiled the first global database of doctor misconduct, revealing a significant issue wiht details sharing between medical authorities.
* Doctors Practicing After Sanctions: Numerous doctors who have faced sanctions (striking off, suspensions, restrictions) in one country are still able to practice in others, sometimes with no record of their misconduct appearing on public registries in the new location.
* Specific Cases Highlighted:
* Dr. Fabrizio De Rita: Struck off in the UK for sexual misconduct (grabbing a colleague’s breast), but remains registered in Ireland with no mention of the UK findings. He claims the UK proceedings were flawed and an Italian disciplinary process supported this.
* Unnamed Specialist: Banned from performing certain procedures in the UK, but this isn’t reflected on their Irish registration.
* Unnamed Doctor: Restricted from examining female patients alone in the UK, but this isn’t noted on their Irish registration.
* Dr. Ragheb Nouman: Struck off in Ireland (2022) and the UK (2016) for racist comments, but continues to practice in Romania.
* Dr. Idowu Adeyemi Adeboro: Struck off in Ireland for fraud, but remains registered to practice elsewhere.
* Lack of Transparency: The core issue is the lack of consistent and clear sharing of disciplinary information between medical councils internationally. This allows sanctioned doctors to perhaps continue practicing without patients being aware of their past misconduct.