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30 Oct 2015 10:23 #276863
by ketchim
An Italian doctor has been suspended from practising medicine in the UK after failing English language tests.
Another medic - a Polish doctor who failed language tests three times - has been allowed to work under supervision.
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30 Oct 2015 10:24 #276864
by ketchim
The tribunal panel said the standard of his English was currently
"insufficient to support safe and effective medical practice in this country".
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30 Oct 2015 10:25 #276865
by ketchim
The risk of a doctor not being fluent in English was highlighted by a lethal mistake made by Dr Daniel Ubani
a German doctor doing an out-of-hours shift
who gave a lethal dose of a painkiller to patient David Gray in 2008.
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30 Oct 2015 11:56 #276888
by ketchim
We have soooo many here in my Borough !
I drop a hallah in creole English de odda day .
Leaving 1 room with a patient and coming to take my BP and pulse.
WITHOUT washing she hands >
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