A doctor who was filmed offering an abortion on the grounds of the baby’s sex is to face a public hearing and could be struck off the medical register, it was reported at the end of April.
Despite the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) failing to bring charges against the doctors, subsequently taking over a private prosecution of the doctors and then ‘fining’ the claimant £25,000 costs, the General Medical Council (GMC) launched its own inquiries. The GMC banned the doctors from authorising or carrying out abortions while the investigations were being carried out.
The GMC is now convening a disciplinary panel to rule on Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan’s case, and could impose sanctions including having his work restricted or no longer being allowed to practise. The GMC decided to drop its investigation into the other doctor, Prabha Sivaraman. A spokesman for the GMC declined to comment on the reason why Dr Sivaraman’s case had been closed.
