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Surgeon is suspended for further 12 months after ignoring tribunal’s advice
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7484 (Published 17 December 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f7484- Clare Dyer
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A general surgeon who was suspended for 12 months last year after leaving a breast cancer patient with a deformed chest at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has been suspended for a further 12 months after failing to meet requirements for study, remediation, and reflection set by the original tribunal.
Mutasim Mohammed, who now works at a private hospital in Saudi Arabia, was suspended in December 2012 by a panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. He was found to have worked beyond the limits of his surgical competence in undertaking breast cancer surgery when he lacked adequate …