Dr Alessandro Teppa, an
Italian doctor has been banned from practising medicine in
Britain because of his poor English. his command of
English was so poor that he could not work in hospitals without someone
to translate for him.
But
despite working as a urologist in the UK since 2012,
Now
the 45-year-old has become the first medic to receive a ban over his
language problems under a new crackdown on doctors who come to Britain
from the rest of the European Union.
A
medical tribunal ruled that his poor command of English meant he posed
‘significant risks to patients’ and suspended him for nine months while
he takes extra lessons.
Dr
Teppa, who is from Brescia but was living in Manchester, had worked at
Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset and Hallamshire Hospital in
Sheffield.
Over
the past eight years he also posted a string of pictures on his
Facebook pages detailing his travel exploits, with snaps of himself in
Moscow’s Red Square, Death Valley, Table Mountain, Pearl Harbor and the
glaciers of Greenland.
He also recorded his travels around the England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
However,
despite all his international travel, his command of English continued
to be a cause for concern, a medical tribunal was told.
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