Circumcision Doctor in General Medical Council Investigation to Quit N.H.S.
A doctor under investigation by the
General Medical Council after circumcising a child says he is resigning from the
N.H.S.
Dr Muhamad Siddiqui, a hospital surgeon, had conditions imposed on his GMC registration after a complaint by the parents of the toddler.
The doctor, who carried out the procedure at the child's home, denies all the allegations.
Dr Siddiqui operated his own mobile circumcision service outside the N.H.S.
The GMC investigation was launched after a complaint by Kelly Braiha and her husband Ghali, from Littlehampton in West Sussex.
They claim their 23-month-old son Najem was left traumatised and suffered an infection because Dr Siddiqui, who works at University Hospital Southampton N.H.S. Foundation Trust, did not take hygienic precautions.
Najem Braiha's parents claim he was left traumatised
after a circumcision operation.
Mrs Braiha says she believes home circumcisions should now be banned.
Dr. Siddiqui is also accused of failing to obtain indemnity insurance for his private work and of carrying out regulated procedures without the necessary Care Quality Commission registration.
He denies all the allegations against him.
After an initial investigation by the GMC, the case has been referred to a fitness-to-practise hearing.
In the meantime, the GMC issued an interim order banning Dr Siddiqui from carrying out circumcisions anywhere other than in a hospital or clinical
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