Doctor admits harassing junior colleague with ‘terrifying’ phone calls and messages

Senior medic who worked at Mayo University Hospital made unwanted and inappropriate contact and even proposed marriage

The senior doctor’s barrister apologised on his behalf for his behaviour. Photo: Getty

A hospital doctor accused of harassing a junior colleague at Mayo University Hospital (MUH) with repeated unwanted romantic overtures, including a proposal of marriage, has admitted a series of allegations of professional misconduct on the seventh day of a medical inquiry.

The former doctor at MUH, in Castlebar — who cannot be named as a result of a direction by the fitness-to-practise committee of the Medical Council — accepted he had made contacts via phone calls and text…

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