Doctor struck off for molesting patient, false statements
The Dutch medical complaints council has struck off a family doctor in The Hague for molesting a patient, making false statements, misleading a patient and other inappropriate behaviour.
The doctor, who has not been named, has been removed from the BIG register of medical professionals, which means he is no longer allowed to practice as a doctor in the Netherlands.
The complaint to the medical council was brought by a 25-year-old woman, described as ‘young and psychologically vulnerable’.
A regional medical complaints council first ordered the doctor to be struck off for six months but both the woman and health ministry inspectors appealed against that decision, news agency ANP says.
Inspectors said the doctor was untrustworthy and had failed to comply with the standards expected of a doctor for a longer period.
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