How did a doctor lacking basic skills and suspended overseas maintain a ...
How did a doctor lacking basic skills and suspended overseas maintain a licence in Ireland? Gavriel Simha Furedi continues to operate as an eye specialist in Romania despite findings of investigation
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Doctors in Norway's Hammerfest Hospital first became concerned about their colleague, Gavriel Simha Furedi, shortly after he started working there as an ophthalmologist in March 2020. Dr Furedi had a poor grasp of the language and was unable to understand basic Latin terms any doctor should know. He had trouble interpreting scans and sometimes did not read the medical notes of his patients ...
How did a doctor lacking basic skills and suspended overseas maintain a ...
Doctors in Norway's Hammerfest Hospital first became concerned about their colleague, Gavriel Simha Furedi, shortly after he started working there as an ophthalmologist in March 2020. Dr Furedi had a poor grasp of the language and was unable to understand basic Latin terms any doctor should know.
Learn how a doctor suspended in Norway for lacking basic skills kept his Irish licence, and what it means for patient safety and medical negligence.
Doctors Sanctioned Overseas Able To Retain Licenses To Practice In Ireland
A doctor under investigation in Norway for lacking basic medical knowledge, including how to perform injections, was able to obtain a licence in Ireland and retain it for more than two years before being suspended by Irish authorities.
A doctor under investigation in Norway for lacking basic medical knowledge, including how to perform injections, was able to obtain a licence in Ireland and retain it for more than two years ...
Doctor suspended abroad was still licensed in Ireland, investigation finds
Photograph: Facebook A doctor under investigation in Norway for lacking basic medical knowledge, including how to perform injections, was able to obtain a licence in Ireland and retain it for more than two years before being suspended by Irish authorities.
This includes an eye doctor struck off in Norway for lacking basic skills who was able to stay registered in the Republic for two years.
Why sanctioned doctors still find refuge hereand what to do about it
The Irish Times has catalogued multiple cases in which doctors disciplined in the UK retained Irish licences—and, crucially, their Irish public register entries did not reflect the overseas sanctions.
Failed warning systems, official complacency and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe, and beyond.