Hungarian doctor who put a patient in danger is allowed to continue to work, with conditions

A Hungarian paediatric surgeon, Dr György Rákóczy, was suspended for three months in 2012 after he injected a four-year-old patient with a potentially fatal dose of carbolic acid during an operation. He failed the English language exam six times.

The doctor graduated in 1979 from the Semmelweis University of Medicine, and he became a pediatric surgeon in 1989. He has been practising in the UK since 2005. Dailymail reported that Dr Rákóczy did not manage to overcome the difficulties of learning English, and after he failed the language exam in reading, writing, listening, and speaking several times, concerns were raised about his grasp of the language.

He argued that he was discriminated against since it is rather difficult for older people to learn a new language.

Last year, he was placed under conditional registration and required to improve his language skills and complete an English language assessment course. However, he still has not passed his exams. Dr Rákóczy claimed that the IELTS tests were not appropriate for learners over the age of 60.

The consultant paediatric surgeon was found guilty of ‘serious professional misconduct’ and was suspended in 2012 after