A Tayside surgeon has received an interim suspension while the General Medical Council investigates a series of local health complaints.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service has determined the interim order of conditions against Professor Muftah Salem Eljamel, imposed in February 2014, should remain in place and be subject to review.
The order means the doctor remains unable to carry out spinal surgery and he cannot complete private practice work, which he had been doing until 2013.
He remains registered with the General Medical Council but without a licence to practise.
He also must inform the General Medical Council (GMC) if he applies for work outside the UK and must allow the body to “exchange information with his employer or any contracting body for which he provides medical services”.
Prof Eljamel, who was a consultant neurological surgeon in NHS Tayside from 1995, was suspended from his post last year after a patient underwent surgery on the wrong spinal disc.
He also stepped down from his teaching and research posts at Dundee University following the interim order by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service before eventually leaving NHS Tayside.
“All interim orders are subject to regular review and may be varied or revoked by the IOP, or extended by the appropriate court,” the judgment stated.
Fitness to practise (FTP) and Interim Order Panel (IOP) hearings are now run by the The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service which recently reviewed Professor Eljamel’s case.
Former Dundee radio DJ Patrick Kelly has called for a public inquiry after claiming he was the victim of a “botched operation” by Prof Eljamel.
Fife woman Winnie Williamson last week claimed her dance career was ended by Prof Eljamel after remnants were left inside her following a back operation.
North East MSP Alex Johnstone has now called for the health board and the authorities to properly investigate.
He said: “This is a very worrying trend indeed, and it’s clear there are a great number of people who need answers, and it is now up to the health board and the authorities to find out exactly what’s been happening here.”