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Thu 10 Oct 2009Doctor found guilty of professional misconduct
A DOCTOR who falsely claimed on his CV that he had nearly 20 months’ surgical experience at a hospital in Nigeria before he took up a job at St Luke’s hospital in Kilkenny was found guilty of professional misconduct yesterday.
The Medical Council’s fitness to practise committee heard that when Dr Okwu Timothy Okwu (35) took up the job in Kilkenny in July 2008 as part of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) two-year basic surgical training scheme, it was noted his experience in surgery didn’t match his CV. He behaved like someone with little or no experience in the field.
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