RULING: Doctor failed to protect Baby P & breached professional duty
On July - 8 - 2010
A GP who examined Baby P on at least 15 occasions became the first medical professional to be found guilty today of missing a series of opportunities to save his life. Dr Jerome Ikwueke, 63, faces being struck off for failing to notice the extensive injuries Peter Connelly suffered from horrific abuse. The Nigerian doctor was found guilty of a ‘serious breach’ of professional duty and of allowing his conduct to fall below the standard expected of a competent GP, the General Medical Council ruled today.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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