A locum GP has been found not guilty of poor professional performance over his treatment of an elderly patient at an out-of-hours consultation.described the conduct of Dr Salaheldin Ahmed as “suboptimal” and “not ideal” in some aspects but said it did not meet the threshold to make a finding of poor professional performance.
Dr Ahmed was not present yesterday for the decision due to a “communications breakdown” between the legal teams, the inquiry heard.Dr Ahmed, with an address in Cavan, had faced five allegations of poor professional performance at the Medical Council over the care he provided to the lateHe had denied two allegations before the inquiry that he failed to properly examine or take an adequate history of Mr Kinsella during his visit, but these were found to be proven as to fact.
In her evidence to the inquiry, Mr Kinsella’s wife, Anna, said she called the out-of-hours GP service when her husband, who had Alzheimer’s, became very ill. Mrs Kinsella alleged Dr Ahmed stayed for just seven minutes whereas Dr Ahmed said timings taken on leaving and returning to his car indicated a visit of 18 minutes.
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