A top neurosurgeon has been suspended after having s£x with a vulnerable female patient
Dr Chirag Patel, who worked at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, UK, first operated on the woman - referred to as Patient A - to remove the damaged part of a disc in her spine, a tribunal heard. He then started a s£xual relationship with her in 2019 after performing a further surgery the same year. By February 2023, their relationship had 'deteriorated', tribunal chair Remi Alabi said, and Patient A reported the surgeon to the police, who instead notified Cardiff and Vale health board. Dr Patel was last month admitted to a s£xual relationship and sending the patient 'explicit images', as well as prescribing the vulnerable patient drugs, including the addictive muscle relaxant Diazepam. The panel concluded the doctor had shown 'a reckless disregard for patient safety', continuing with prescriptions even after she had missed appointments and neglecting to tell her GP or even make a note in her records. Ms Alabi added that b...