Consultant who made ‘one night stand’ remark to patient is struck off

Peterborough City Hospital. Credit: NHS

By Sarah Lowden

A consultant who sexually harassed a patient, who was also his junior colleague, is to be erased from the medical register.

Mr Usama Abuzoda’s behaviour while working as a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at Peterborough City Hospital amounted to serious misconduct, a tribunal has concluded.