A Tipperary hospital consultant is facing ten allegations of
professional misconduct
.
They include claims he kissed a patient, locked her into his
residence and molested her.
The two-day Medical Council fitness to practise inquiry is addressing
alleged incidents involving Dr Hossam Desoky, a consultant
anaesthetist at South Tipperary General Hospital,
The enquiry has heard that a female patient was admitted to the
hospital for a colonoscopy in July of 2010,
She alleges that Dr Desoky, who is from Hungary, came to her
bedside, pulled the curtain around her bed, took her hand and kissed her.
She says that he later conducted an inappropriate chest examination
and failed to have a chaperone present.
The inquiry heard that he invited her to his on-call residence on
the second floor of the hospital to help her with his miracle cure to quit
smoking, there, she alleges that he locked the door, refused to allow
her to leave and sexually assaulted or molested her.
Ms Dawson told the inquiry that Dr Desoky disputes the patient's
account of events and said that she called him on the phone and
arrived uninvited at his on call residence.
The Director of Public Prosecutions chose not to proceed with the matter.
