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Gynaecologist was placed on administrative leave after concerns raised about research
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Gynaecologist was placed on administrative leave after concerns raised about research
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Consultant who carried out unauthorised research loses challenge over dismissal Five female patients ‘greatly shocked and upset’ when told of procedure about 5 hours ago Seán McCárthaigh Mr Justice Barr said he could not find that the HSE’s decision to dismiss Prof Ray O’Sullivan following unauthorised research carried out on five patients at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny was ‘unjust, irrational or disproportionate’. A consultant at St Luke’s Hospital ...
RTÉ Courts Reporter A gynaecologist who oversaw research procedures on five women without the consent of the women or his employer has lost a High Court challenge aimed at preventing his dismissal. Ray O'Sullivan who was consultant at St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny had carried out the unauthorised research in September 2018 on women who were having routine hysteroscopies. A second procedure which involved placing a catheter and small pressure pad inside their vaginas was carried out. It was part of research designed to ascertain if some procedures could be carried out without the use of a sp...