A DOCTOR has been struck off after sexually harassing three women at an Oxfordshire hospital.

Dr Abdullatif Abdulhadi was found to have acted inappropriately towards a teenager at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington in 2019, including trying to feed her food.

A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) panel also found he acted inappropriately towards two other doctors at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire between late 2021 and early 2022.

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It said his misconduct was so serious that being struck off the medical register was ‘the only appropriate sanction’.

The panel, which reached a decision on August 16, heard that Abdulhadi had qualified as a doctor in 1977 at the University of Punjab in Pakistan.

Whilst working as a locum surgical registrar at the John Radcliffe Hospital between July and August 2019, an allegation was made against him.

It was heard that he took hold of a teenager girl’s hand, attempted to feed her, suggested they visit a coastal town together, hugged her, kissed he neck, and sent her sexually motivated emails.

It was said his actions were ‘sexually motivated and constituted sexual harassment’.

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The second allegation took place between December 2021 and January 2022 while he was working as a locum registrar at Kettering General Hospital when he sent ‘inappropriate WhatsApp messages’.

In January 2022 at the same hospital the third allegation occurred in which sent a card to a woman that read ‘to someone special with love’ and sent inappropriate messages.

Abdulhadi was referred to the General Medical Council on August 29, 2019 and the matters were also raised with Thames Valley Police.

During the tribunal, Abdulhadi said: “On reflection, the process has been, and still, deeply painful but it spurred me to rethink how to carefully choose the phrases I use with colleagues and I always maintain professionalism in my work.”

The tribunal considered this the ‘only indication’ of his own reflection on his behaviour and described the comment as ‘vague and general’.

They added that, ‘in the absence of any meaningful insight’ a ‘risk of repetition’ remains.

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In concluding the tribunal, the panel wrote: “The tribunal determined that individually, Dr Abdulhadi’s actions would be considered deplorable by fellow practitioners and amounted to serious misconduct, and that when considered cumulatively, his misconduct was particularly serious.”

As a result, Abdulhadi was made subject to an ‘immediate order of suspension’.

Abdulhadi was not present during the tribunal and was not represented. It is unclear how long the suspension is for.