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 in Kilkenny who carried out unauthorised research on five female patients during routine gynaecological procedures has failed in a High Court challenge to prevent his dismissal by the HSE.