A former psychiatrist at Roscommon University Hospital who commenced a position working with children and teenagers in Donegal, despite giving an undertaking to the Medical Council not to practise in Ireland due to fears about his suspected misuse of controlled drugs, has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
The Journal are reporting a fitness-to-practise inquiry by the Medical Council found a series of allegations proven against Dr Syed Zubair.
A Medical Council inquiry concluded 53 year old Dr Zubair, from Pakistan, failed to disclose he already had an agreement with the Medical Council that he would not practise medicine in the Republic during a job interview in September 2018 for a post as a registrar with Donegal Mental Health Services.
Dr Zubair had given an undertaking not to practise in May 2016 after the regulatory body had been notified of concerns his patients might be at risk as a result of allegations he was intoxicated or under the influence of substances while working in the acute psychiatric unit of Roscommon University Hospital.
It is understood he is currently based back in Pakistan, although he has previously expressed a desire to return to Ireland to work.
