A former consultant general and colorectal surgeon has been removed from the medical register after making critical errors during a bowel procedure and subsequently breaching a work restriction order. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) concluded that the surgeon's misconduct was "fundamentally incompatible with continued registration."
During a hearing last month, an expert witness for the General Medical Council stated that the procedure carried out by the surgeon, identified as Dr. Rahman, was "not known to man" and that his error was "as bad as it gets." Dr. Rahman qualified in 1993 from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He did not attend the hearing and was not legally represented.
Dr. Rahman claimed he had been made a "scapegoat" following the operation, which took place on August 25, 2020, at the Royal Oldham Hospital, where he was working as a locum. In July of the following year, the MPTS imposed an order restricting his medical practice. However, the tribunal found that Dr. Rahman broke these conditions in February 2022 when he applied for and secured a locum position at the Affidea Express Care Clinic in Ireland.
The tribunal ruled that this breach of his work restrictions was an "aggravating" factor, in addition to the "significant" errors made during the surgery and in post-operative care. These actions led to the ultimate decision to erase him from the medical register, prohibiting him from working as a doctor.