CHAUDRY:GP WHO BOTCHED CIRCUMCISIONS ON FIVE BOYS HAS RESTRICTIONS LIFTED

A GP who botched circumcision operations on five children can now return to work without restrictions.

Aziz Chaudry told parents there were ‘no risks’ in the procedures, but one four-year-old boy had to be rushed to hospital after his penis ‘turned black’.

His seven-year-old brother bled for 24 hours and soaked his bedsheets, but the urologist simply said an infection was ‘not possible’.

Five children were hopitalised in the space of one week in August 2006, after Dr Chaudry botched the £150 procedures at his surgery in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

Dr Chaudry was banned from carrying out surgical procedures by the General Medical Council in August 2010.

He was also made subject to a dozen other conditions after he was found guilty of misconduct.

But following a review hearing the GMC ruled he was fit to return to work without  restriction and revoked all 13 conditions.

Panel chair Dr Ian Neale said: ‘The panel acknowledges the complaints arose within a discrete part of your overall practice, the provision of circumcisions.

‘There have been no complaints about the rest of your work and testimonials from patients, colleagues and members of your local community attest to your high qualities as a doctor.’

He added: ‘The panel is satisfied the imposition of conditions upon your registration has sent a signal to members of the medical profession that care should be taken to maintain a high standard of 
conduct.

‘Your compliance with the conditions will have reassured patients that you can be trusted and will have upheld standards and maintained public confidence in the medical profession.’

The GMC had heard how three brothers were first treated by the doctor on August 8, 2006 at the Old Road surgery Chaudry ran with his wife.

The boys’ mother, known only as SB, paid £150 per son for the operation, but the procedure was not fully explained.

But soon after the operation one son developed an infection and the second bled for 24 hours and soaked his bedsheets.

The doctor simply told the mother ‘it was not possible’ for her son to have an infection and suggested she use some of her son’s anaesthetic cream ‘to calm down’.

Just a week later Chaudry botched the circumcisions of two cousins.

The doctor continued the operations despite both boys, aged four and seven, showing signs of pain, but this was not ruled to be inadequate, the GMC ruled.

But the four-year-old had to be rushed to hospital after collapsing in pain at a celebration that same evening when his penis ‘turned black’.

A few days later his seven-year-old cousin began screaming in pain while urinating and was admitted to Colchester General Hospital for three days, the hearing was told.

Chaudry, from Essex, faced a series of charges relating to his alleged botched treatment of the five boys in August 2006.

He admitted that various aspects of his note keeping were not in the best interests of the patient and below the standard of care expected of a registered medical practitioner.

In each case it was found his care was not in the best interests of the patient and below the standard of care expected of a registered medical practioner.

He was cleared of the allegations that he forcibly restrained two of the boys while carrying out the procedure without anaesthetic.

Among the conditions imposed were bans on on private work, carrying out any surgical procedures, including circumcisions, and must develop a personal development plan.

The GP was also ordered to undertake a course on communication skills and draw up a personal development plan.
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