A doctor who asked a pregnant schoolgirl to touch
A doctor who asked a pregnant schoolgirl to touch his genitals and quizzed a cancer sufferer about her sex life appealed to the GMC today (Mon) to be allowed to practice without supervision.
Father-of-two Dr Cyprian Okoro, 38, was found guilty of two cases of serious professional misconduct and ordered to treat female patients with a chaperon for at least 18 months in April last year.
Dr Okoro had asked a schoolgirl to touch his penis and to guess the size.
He also asked a cancerer sufferer if she ‘liked’ oral sex – shortly after that woman had suffered a bereavement.
But today he was told he must be accompanied by a chaperon when he examines women for at least another year.
In the first case the Nigerian-born doctor was working at the Brook Advisory Centre in Uxbridge when he examined a pregnant 16-year-old in May 1998.
Susan Johnson, for the GMC, said: ‘The pregnancy was unexpected and when she went to see him she was in an anxious state.
‘After an internal examination he began talking inappropriately about sex.
‘He asked her what sex was like with her boyfriend.
‘He asked her to guess what size he was and pulled his trousers tightly over his genital area and told her she had given him an erection and invited her to touch it.
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‘He asked if she was good at oral sex.
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In March 1999 while working at the West Dorset General Hospital in Weymouth he saw a 35-year-old cancer patient, whose mother had just died.
‘She was a vulnerable patient.
Dr Okoro asked if she liked sex, how often she did it, what positions she did and if she enjoyed it.
‘He also asked whether her husband who was diabetic had difficulties getting erections.
‘He asked her if she liked oral sex and asked her to meet him after work for sex.
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After the patient complained the doctor turned up at her home.
‘He arrived unexpectedly without having been invited,’ said Miss Johnson.
‘The woman panicked and hid upstairs.
Dr Okoro called out ‘hello’ several times before leaving.
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Dr Okoro, of (flat 2) 10 Southend Road, Beckenham, qualified in gynaecology and obstetrics in Nigeria in 1986 before arriving in the UK in 1993.
In April last year the GMC ordered Dr Okoro to undergo a retraining course in communications with women and he was ordered to have a chaperon when seeing female patients.
His barrister Malcolm Fortune told the committee that the doctor, who is studying for an MSC in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has complied with these orders and has a number of glowing testimonies from senior doctors.
And addressing the committee Dr Okoro said he did not intend to continue as a gynaecologist or as a GP and insisted he would move into the public health field.
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