Probe into alleged malpractice

A LAWYER from the attorney-general’s office has been appointed by the Council of Ministers to examine a case of alleged malpractice involving two public service doctors.

The investigation began after a complaint by Stavros Stavrianou regarding the treatment of his son Louis by doctors Andreas Petrides and Christos Solomonides at Limassol General Hospital.

The Council of Ministers acted on a recommendation by the Ombudsman that the Health Ministry proceed with a disciplinary investigation against the two doctors.

Louis, 14, was taken to the hospital in March last year after sustaining serious damage to his right wrist in a school accident. According to his father, the doctors concerned failed to perform the necessary surgery on the student to ensure blood supply to his fingertips, resulting in his right hand suffering from atrophy.

The problem was discovered and treated by a specialist at Makarios Hospital’s plastic surgery clinic two months later when Louis was referred for an examination. He will now have to have another operation to return the sense of touch to his fingers.

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