A prominent Doctor involved in an organ implanting scandal will be struck off later today according to the General Medical Council. Mr Damian investigates:

Professor Dick Van Dickie, 52, worked at Whey Hey Hey Children's Hospital in Birmingham where he enjoyed a reputation for clinical excellence and innovation.

However, many feared that he betrayed that reputation and the trust placed in him when he ordered the removal of organs from churches up and down the UK, only to then insert them into the bodies of small children.

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As a result, the General Medical Council (GMC), is expected to order that he be struck off the UK medical register. The doctor however was not present at the hearing as he was playing golf at the time.

A spokesman for the victims told us: 'He practised out of the boundary and he was out of touch with people's feelings. His reckless conduct has caused great distress to the parents of the children that were involved, as well as many churchgoers. He needs to be punished.'

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Earlier in the hearing, the panel had been told how he took the organs without the consent of the childrens' parents, or the clergy.

One parent told us that whilst the Doctor had saved her life after suffering punctured lungs, she now inadvertantly ended up playing the wedding favourite 'Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring' whenever she breathed heavily - for example after a run, or if she had a heavy cold.

Andrew Collander QC, counsel for the GMC, said these actions had caused parents and the Church of England 'considerable and understandable distress'. A full decision is expected to be announced this afternoon.

Doctor, doctor, can't you see I'm burning, burning
Oh doctor, doctor, is this love I'm feeling?

Posted by damian at June 28, 2005 01:11 PM